Grading rubric
"C" Essay:
• Follows a clear organizational plan,
• Centers on a thesis or controlling purpose,
• Uses concrete and specific details,
• Provides supporting reasons and information,
• Exhibits a basic sense of structure, and
• Displays few grammatical and stylistic errors that do not impede meaning.
"B" Essay:
• Meets the requirements of the assignment fully,
• Follows a clear organizational plan that does not feel rigid or confining,
• Focuses on a specific and clear thesis or controlling purpose,
• Uses concrete and specific details so that almost all reader questions are addressed,
• Provides a range of supporting information, and
• Displays strong sentence styles and structures.
"A" Essay:
• Goes beyond the requirements of the assignment,
• Exhibits an original and insightful perspective,
• Includes rich and vivid details that do not feel extraneous or overbearing,
• Flows freely and never causes the reader to stumble or pause,
• Explains ideas completely yet succinctly, and
• Follows rules of grammar while also using a variety of sentence styles and structures.
"D" Essay:
• Generates text without much connection to the assignment,
• Shows some problems in organization,
• Follows tangents and irrelevant points,
• Uses few details or only keeps things abstract,
• Provides few reasons for support, and
• Exhibits a disregard for sentence structure and grammar that impedes meaning.
"F" Essay:
• Does not meet the general requirements of the assignment including page length,
• Uses little or no detail or support,
• Does not display a clear plan for organization, and
• Exhibits a clear and obvious disregard for sentence structure and style that impedes meaning.
"C" Essay:
• Follows a clear organizational plan,
• Centers on a thesis or controlling purpose,
• Uses concrete and specific details,
• Provides supporting reasons and information,
• Exhibits a basic sense of structure, and
• Displays few grammatical and stylistic errors that do not impede meaning.
"B" Essay:
• Meets the requirements of the assignment fully,
• Follows a clear organizational plan that does not feel rigid or confining,
• Focuses on a specific and clear thesis or controlling purpose,
• Uses concrete and specific details so that almost all reader questions are addressed,
• Provides a range of supporting information, and
• Displays strong sentence styles and structures.
"A" Essay:
• Goes beyond the requirements of the assignment,
• Exhibits an original and insightful perspective,
• Includes rich and vivid details that do not feel extraneous or overbearing,
• Flows freely and never causes the reader to stumble or pause,
• Explains ideas completely yet succinctly, and
• Follows rules of grammar while also using a variety of sentence styles and structures.
"D" Essay:
• Generates text without much connection to the assignment,
• Shows some problems in organization,
• Follows tangents and irrelevant points,
• Uses few details or only keeps things abstract,
• Provides few reasons for support, and
• Exhibits a disregard for sentence structure and grammar that impedes meaning.
"F" Essay:
• Does not meet the general requirements of the assignment including page length,
• Uses little or no detail or support,
• Does not display a clear plan for organization, and
• Exhibits a clear and obvious disregard for sentence structure and style that impedes meaning.
