iRubric: Scoring Guide - Michael Vick - Persuasive Essay rubric

Pre-Write is missing, illegible, or off-topic.

Pre-Write is present, and on topic, but shows little in the way of effort. Persuasive thesis and/or position statement is unclear or missing. Topic has not been explored enough with support details and has no organizational categories of information for the planned five paragraphs.

Pre-Write is present and shows some effort. The propositon and position statements are indicated.The topic has enough supporting details, but shows no helpful means of organizing the information into categories for the five different paragraphs.

The Pre-Write is present, is rich with details that are organized into categories of information. The position statement and persuasive thesis are both present and clear.The pre-write is recognizable as either a freewrite, a chart, a brainstorm list, an outline, or a cluster.

Final draft is missing, illegible, or is simply a neat, but otherwise unimproved copy of the rough draft.

Final draft has been rewritten, but still contains many uncorrected errors in the targeted areas of conventions of writing and organization. Much improvement is needed in presentation.

Final draft has been rewritten to eliminate many of the errors in the targeted areas of conventions of writing and of organization. The paper is fairly well presented in terms of neatness and legibility.

Final draft is neat and legible. It has followed the prescribed organizational pattern and has most of the targeted conventions of writing and organization corrected from the rough draft.