Writing
Rubric: Please Bring TWO Copies of this for each Peer Edit Day
Writer: Reader:
6
Essay: Excellent
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perfectly accomplishes the objectives of the prompt
- includes a clear and thought-provoking thesis
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appropriate and effective organization
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lively and convincing supporting material
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effective diction and sentence skills
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perfect/ near perfect mechanics including spelling and punctuation
5 Essay: Very Good
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effectively accomplishes the objectives of the prompt
- includes a clear and thought-provoking thesis
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appropriate and effective organization
- convincing supporting material
- shows careful diction and mostly effective
sentence skills
- few mechanical errors, including spelling and punctuation errors
4 Essay: Good
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accomplishes the objectives of the prompt for the most part
- includes a clear thesis, though the ideas can
be more refined
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appropriate and effective organization
- convincing supporting material, though not
perfect
- shows careful diction and mostly effective
sentence skills
- contains a number few mechanical errors, including
spelling and punctuation errors
3 Essay: Acceptable:
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minimally accomplishes the objectives of the prompt
- includes an identifiable thesis, thought it could
still be developed
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appropriate and effective organization,
with some flaws
- contains supporting material at various
degrees of effectiveness
- diction and sentence skills could be improved
- contains a significant
number of errors including spelling and
punctuation errors, but not enough to deter the understanding of the composition
2 Essay: Needs Improvement:
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may be missing part of the objectives of the prompt
- includes an identifiable thesis, that clearly
needs to be further developed
- organization contains significant flaws
- contains supporting material that may be
irrelevant or incorrect
- diction may be imprecise or overly
generalized, showing rudimentary sentence skills
- contains a
significant number of errors, including spelling and punctuation errors. The errors are significant enough to deter
the understanding of certain parts of the composition
1 Essay: Needs Significant
Improvement:
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does not accomplish the objectives of the prompt, or is confused about
the objective
- may be missing a thesis
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composition is minimally organized
- may be missing a significant amount of
supporting material
- diction and sentence need excessive
improvement
- contains a
significant number of errors, including spelling and punctuation errors. The errors are significant enough to deter
the understanding of certain parts of the composition
