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Rubric for Grapes of Wrath

Rubric for Theme-Related Writing Activities

This analysis paper requires you to incorporate appropriate book citations as well as outside of the book influences to support your thesis.

Rubric Code: C995W2

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Journal/Prompts
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Below Average 2 pts	Incomplete/Unacceptable 1 pts
PREPARATION/Outline	Excellent - you used the online thesis and outline builder to begin, your printed copy shows handwritten notes, citations, and changes	Good - you used the online thesis and outline and clearly showed no changes from the first draft but included handwritten notes, citations, and changes	Below Average - you used the online thesis and outline, showed handwritten changes but no citations or notes	Incomplete/Unacceptable - Illegible
THOUGHTFULNESS	Excellent - Makes total sense, expresses thoughts clearly, and has clear writers voice, unique and a pleasure to read	Good - Makes sense, expresses thoughts somewhat, and has some writers voice, still it was unique	Below Average - makes very little sense, lacks a clear voice,	Incomplete/Unacceptable - doesn't make sense
ANALYSIS	Excellent Clear explanations of theme, complex comparisons and examples given	Good Explanations of theme given with some complex comparisons and examples given	Below Average Poor explanations of theme given some weak comparisons and examples given	Incomplete/Unacceptable No explanation of theme, no comparisons or examples given
CITATIONS	Excellent - 10 properly cited supporting novel examples included in the paper	Good -8 properly cited supporting novel examples included in the paper	Below Average -6 properly cited supporting novel examples included in the paper	Incomplete/Unacceptable -4 properly cited supporting novel examples included in the paper
SYMBOLS/MOTIFS	Excellent - used 4 examples of either a symbol, a motif, or both	Good - used 3 examples of either a symbol, a motif, or both	Below Average - used 2 examples of either a symbol, a motif, or both	Incomplete/Unacceptable - used 1 examples of either a symbol, a motif, or both
OUTSIDE REFERENCES	Excellent -used three examples of outside examples to relate to the theme and the motif/symbols in the books or the characters and conflicts and resolutions	Good -used two examples of outside examples to relate to the theme and the motif/symbols in the books or the characters and conflicts and resolutions	Below Average -used one examples of outside examples to relate to the theme and the motif/symbols in the books or the characters and conflicts and resolutions	Incomplete/Unacceptable -used outside examples and attempted to relate to the theme and the motif/symbols in the books or the characters and conflicts and resolutions
MECHANICS	Excellent - MLA Formatting followed, Correct grammar and punctuation, strong sentence structure and word choice	Good - Mostly correct for MLA, 3 or fewer grammar and punctuation errors, most sentence structure and word choices are strong	Below Average - MLA formatting has more than 3 mistakes , 4 - 9 fewer grammar and punctuation errors, most sentence structure and word choices are strong	Incomplete/Unacceptable - No MLA formatting attempted, 3 or fewer grammar and punctuation errors, sentence structure is choppy and lacks flow and word choices lack strength and specificity

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