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Arts Essay in ENGLISH

Evaluation of the creative writing by the students. Check their content knowledge and writing power on any extempore topic.

Rubric Code: C9A5CX

By amritachand2013

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

English Essay
	Excellent 5 pts	Very Good 4 pts	Good 4 pts	fair 2 pts	poor 1 pts
Content	Excellent Theme is consistent throughout essay. The author's purpose is explicit and supported thoroughly. Thesis statement and topic sentences are clear, dynamic and effective. Details are relevant, interesting, and engaging.	Very Good Theme is consistent throughout essay with the exception of a couple of digressions. The author's purpose is clear and supported moderately. Thesis statement and topic sentences are clear and generally effective. Details are relevant, and sometimes interesting, and engaging.	Good Theme is clear only at certain points. The author's purpose is difficult to discern. Thesis statements and topic sentences are unclear or ineffective. Details are present but lacking in relevance or energy.	fair Theme and purpose are not apparent or oorly constructed. Thesis statement and topic sentences are missing or inconcruent. Details are insufficient to make message clear.	poor Theme is not so clear and ill constructed.Information s given by the student is irrelevant.Effort of the student is clear.
Organization	Excellent Essay a conventional essay style, with a strong introduction and conclusion. Paragraphs flow in a coherent and logical manner.	Very Good Essay adheres to the format, with a satisfactory introduction and conclusion. Paragraphs are arranged coherently.	Good Essay strays from standard format; introduction and/or conclusion are weak. Paragraphs may be somewhat unclear.	fair Essay adheres poorly to an apparent format; introduction and/or conclusion are indistinguishable. Paragraphs are unstructured or poorly structured.	poor Sentences are haphazard in order. format is not up to the standard.
Word Choice/Description	Excellent Exact and interesting words are used. Vivid and detailed description is employed throughout essay. Statements are supported thoroughly.	Very Good Relevant and thoughtful words are used. Details and description are employed throughout most of the essay. Support is provided for most statements.	Good Word usage is basic or nonspecific. Sparse amount of details and description. Statements are rarely supported.	fair Word usage is poor or inappropriate to the topic. Lacks detail or description. Statements are not supported.	poor Words are used wrongly.they aren't carrying any message at all.
Voice	Excellent This piece is skillfully crafted and ready to be read aloud. The writer's unique voice comes through clearly. Energy and tone is appropriate to intended audience and purpose.	Very Good This piece is well crafted and almost ready to be read aloud. The writer's unique voice appears. Energy and tone is appropriate to intended audience and purpose.	Good This piece is underdeveloped in terms of voice and not yet ready to be read aloud. The writer's unique voice is developing. Energy and tone is linked to intended audience and purpose, but not an effective match.	fair This piece is not carefully crafted and therefore not ready to be read aloud. The writer's unique voice is not developed. Energy and tone is inappropriate to intended audience and purpose.	poor The piece is not ready for loude reading as the sentences ar not arranged in proper way,.and the writer is lacking the confidence and voice to read it aloud.
Sentence Structure	Excellent Each sentence is well constructed, demonstrates effective connection to nearby sentences, and utilizes complex and varied structure.	Very Good Most sentences are well constructed, demonstrates effective connection to nearby sentences, and utilizes complex and varied structure.	Good Few sentences are well constructed, or demonstrating effective connection to nearby sentences, and utilizing complex and varied structure.	fair Sentences are generally poorly constructed and do not show effective variety or complexity.	poor Writer lacks the basic knowledge of sentence construction. It lacks the write grammatical form and appropriate words.
Conventions	Excellent Language is varied and interesting. Proper use of capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Spelling errors are virtually non-existent.	Very Good Language is moderately varied. A few capitalization, punctuation and grammar errors are present. There may be a few spelling errors, but they do not interfer with meaning.	Good Language may be repetitive. Several capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar errors are present.	fair Language is unclear and redundant. Chronic capitalization, punctuation, grammar and/or spelling errors interfere with meaning.	poor Language is uncomprehending ,unclear, lack of punctuation and proper capitalization.
Hand writing	Excellent excellent, distinct and very impressive to read.	Very Good very good and distinct writing.Anyone can read without any effort.	Good Comprehensible but there is much of errors.	fair Not so well.one have to put much effort to read .	poor Very poor handwriting with a lots of error.reader need much patience to read out completely.

Keywords:

ELA, English, Language Arts, Essay

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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