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    The document provides a rubric for evaluating essays across several categories including focus, organization, evidence, sources, conclusion, and grammar. The categories are rated on a scale from 0 to 6, with higher numbers indicating better alignment with standards. Descriptors are provided for each rating to explain what constitutes meeting or not meeting standards in each category.

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    The document provides a rubric for evaluating essays across several categories including focus, organization, evidence, sources, conclusion, and grammar. The categories are rated on a scale from 0 to 6, with higher numbers indicating better alignment with standards. Descriptors are provided for each rating to explain what constitutes meeting or not meeting standards in each category.

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    of 2

    6- Above 4 - Meets 2 - Approaching 0 - Below

    CATEGORY Standards Standards Standards Standards

    Focus or Thesis The thesis The thesis The thesis The thesis
    Statement statement statement names statement outlines statement does
    names the the topic of the some or all of the not name the
    topic of the essay. main points to be topic AND does
    essay and discussed but does not preview what
    outlines the not name the will be discussed.
    main points to topic.
    be discussed.

    Organization Logical, Overall, the Progression of Arrangement of


    compelling paper is logically ideas in the essay the essay is
    progression of developed. is awkward, yet unclear and
    ideas in Progression of moves the reader illogical. The
    essay;clear ideas in an essay through the text writing lacks a
    structure makes sense and without too much clear sense of
    which moves the reader confusion. The direction. Ideas,
    enhances and easily through writer sometimes details or events
    showcases the the text. lunges ahead too seem strung
    central idea or quickly or spends together in a
    theme and too much time on loose or random
    moves the details that do not fashion; there is
    reader through matter no identifiable
    the text. internal structure
    and readers have
    trouble following
    the writer’s line
    of thought

    Evidence and All of the Most of the At least one of the Evidence and
    Examples evidence and evidence and pieces of evidence examples are
    examples are examples are and examples is NOT relevant or
    specific, specific, relevant and from from the
    relevant and relevant, and the documents documents
    are directly from the provided, and has provided
    from the documents an explanation that AND/OR are not
    documents provided. shows how that explained.
    provided. Explanations are piece of evidence
    Explanations given that show supports the
    are given that how each piece author's position.
    show how of evidence
    each piece of supports the
    evidence author's position.
    supports the
    author's
    position.

    Sources All sources All sources used Most sources used Many sources are
    used for for quotes, for quotes, suspect (not
    quotes, statistics and statistics and facts credible)
    statistics and facts are credible are credible and AND/OR are not
    facts are and most are cited correctly. cited correctly.
    credible and cited correctly.
    cited correctly.

    Conclusion Conclusion Conclusion Conclusion Conclusion does


    summarizes summarizes summarizes main not adequately
    the main topics main topics. topics, but is summarize the
    without Some repetitive. No main points. No
    repeating suggestions for suggestions for suggestions for
    previous change are change and/or change or
    sentences; evident. opinions are opinions are
    writer’s included. included.
    opinions and
    suggestions for
    change are
    logical and
    well thought
    out.

    Grammar & Author makes Author makes Author makes 3-4 Author makes
    Mechanics no errors in 1-2 errors in errors in grammar more than 4
    grammar or grammar or or spelling that errors in grammar
    spelling that spelling that distract the reader or spelling that
    distract the distract the from the content. distract the reader
    reader from reader from the There are a few from the content.
    the content. content. There errors in There are several
    There are no are 1-2 errors in capitalization errors in
    errors in capitalization or and/or punctuation capitalization
    capitalization punctuation, but that catch the and/or
    or punctuation, the essay is still reader's attention punctuation that
    so the essay is easy to read. and interrupt the catch the reader's
    exceptionally flow. attention and
    easy to read interrupt the flow

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