Insufficient: F or 50% or less |
Almost Sufficient: D or 65% |
Partially Sufficient: C or 75% |
Sufficient: B or 85% |
Exemplary: A or 95% |
❒ The writing fails to present any specific idea about the
story. The writing merely re-tells the
story. or ❒ The essay clearly presents an idea about the story, but this idea is simply wrong. The facts in the story do not support this idea. or ❒ The essay’s
answer is unclear – either too generalized or too vague to determine whether
it is reasonable. or ❒ The essay is illegible. |
❒ The essay offers a reasonable answer or thesis, However, ò |
❒ The essay offers a reasonable answer or thesis, However, ò |
❒ The essay offers a reasonable answer, And ò |
❒ The essay offers a reasonable answer, And ò |
❒ The essay fails to offer good examples, because: o
The essay provides no evidence or examples or o
Rather than providing reasons and then giving evidence,
the essay merely retells the story. or o
The essay offers vague examples – cases of everyone,
someone, and “people” that did everything and stuff with everybody, anybody,
and anyone. |
❒ The essay’s evidence or examples are only passable, because: o
The essay provides evidence that is generalized,
incomplete or only partially accurate o
The essay provides evidence from the text, but it is
only weakly connected to the essay’s answer or thesis o
One or more example-paragraphs are weak: explanation is
not given in full or it could be clearer.
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❒ The essay supports the answer with accurate, relevant, and specific evidence from the text, However, ò |
❒ The essay supports the answer with accurate, relevant, and specific evidence from the text, And ò |
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❒ The essay’s writing shows a lack of basic skills: o incomplete sentences, o capitalization errors, o inability to create paragraphs, o awkward confusing sentence structure, o uses “you” inappropriately o uses pronouns where nouns are needed, or o writes in slang, text messaging, etc. |
❒ The essay’s writing shows a mastery of at least basic skills: o writes in complete sentences, o understands basic capitalization, o organizes essay into paragraphs, o writes clear sentences, o uses characters’ names and not just “he” and “she”, and o is able and willing to use Standard English |