iRubric: Essay Building Rubric

Introduction properly introduces the necessary information to understand the subject of the student's mini essay

Introduction has a strong hook and the thesis is located at the end of the paragraph.

Thesis is clearly stated and arguable.

Essay is missing one of the keycomponents required for the introduction.

Introduction introduces any necessary information but may contain unnecessary information.

Essay is missing several key components of the introduction

Introduction has more unnecessary than necessary information when introducing the paper's topic and focus.

Hook could be stronger to grab the reader's attention.

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Essay is missing most key components of the introduction

Introduction is too short ind/or contains too much filler rather than explaining the paper's topic and focus.

Paragraph has two pieces of relevant evidence chosen to support their first point.

Paragraph has a thorough and close analysis that references back to the quote and explains how quote proves their point

Evidence and analysis is balanced (slightly more analysis than evidence)

Student took feedback into account and revised

Paragraph has two pieces of evidence chosen to support their first paragraph.

Paragraph has an analysis that could use just a little more clarity -- may not have one of the necessary qualities of analysis

Evidence and analysis is mostly balanced

Paragraph only has one piece of evidence or evidence is not very relevant to their claim/point.

Paragraph needs a stronger analysis or analysis is a little too short to fully support their point.

There is more evidence than analysis

Paragraph's evidence is either unsupported or irrelevant to the point of the body paragraph

Paragraph's evidence is highly unbalanced with analysis to the point where it is unclear what the point of the paragraph is.

Student did not revise at all after feedback