iRubric: Dev II Draft 2 General Rubric

Submitted on time. The paper contains one or more of the following:
strong thesis;
clearly stated supporting ideas;
excellent examples to support the thesis;
written clearly with fewer than two types of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation or usage.

Submitted on time.
The paper contains one or more of the following:
good thesis;
supporting ideas, even if not followed through in development;
good examples to support ideas;
written clearly with fewer than three types of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation or usage.

Submitted late with documented excuse. The paper contains one or more of the following:
a working thesis;
supporting ideas incompletely developed; examples, but they are not very illustrative; demonstrates a limit in comprehension of the subject;
written clearly with fewer than four types of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation or usage.

Submitted with documented excuse.
The paper contains one or more of the following:
weak thesis;
incomplete support;
weak organization;
lacks coherence;
weak or poor examples;
does not demonstrate higher order thinking, skills like analysis, evaluation or synthesis;
more than five different kinds of errors in grammar & mechanics; does not address the topic

Late paper with no excuse.
The paper contains one or more of the following:
no thesis; no supporting ideas; no organization; no examples; this paper shows no understanding of the prompt; the paper demonstrates no focused or sustained thought; this paper has more than five different kinds of errors in grammar & mechanics