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Process Essay Rubric

Students will write a formal process essay, using an introductory paragraph, a variety of sequencing words, and 80% correct capitalization, spelling, punctuation, and subject verb agreement. Students will conference about their writing and self-assess.

Rubric Code: H744W9

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Process Essay
	1 pts	2 pts	3 pts	4 pts
Content of the Process The telling of the process	1 My essay fails to describe the entire process from beginning to end, and excludes many needed steps of the process or details.	2 My essay describes the process from beginning to end, but leaves out some important steps or details.	3 My essay describes the process well from beginning to end, including all the most important steps or details.	4 My essay explicitly describes the entire process from beginning to end, with many interesting details and all the important steps.
Mechanics Capitalization, punctuation and spelling	1 The essay has almost no correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling.	2 The essay has some correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling.	3 The essay has mostly correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling.	4 The essay has all correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling.
Paragraph Usage	1 The writer fails to indent or create paragraphs. It's all one, big, long paragraph!	2 The writer indents, creates new paragraphs, and keeps them to 3-5 sentences only SOME of the time.	3 The writer successfully indents, creates new paragraphs, and keeps paragraphs to 3-5 sentences MOST of the time.	4 The writer successfully indents, creates new paragraphs, and keeps paragraphs to 3-5 sentences ALL of the time.
Title / Author	1 There is no title OR author. AND The title is not a good choice for the essay.	2 There is a title and no author, or an author with no title. OR The title is a poor choice for the topic.	3 There is a title and author given. AND The title is an appropriate choice for the topic.	4 There is a creative title, and the author given. AND The title is an appropriate choice for the topic.
Neatness / Creativity	1 The paper is messy and hard to read. No creativity/color was employed.	2 The paper is sometimes hard to read. No creativity/color was employed.	3 The paper was neat, easy to read, colorful and creative.	4 The paper was exceptionally neat, easy to read, colorful and creative.
Sequencing Words	1 The writer did not use sequencing words for transitions.	2 The writer infrequently used sequencing words, or used the same ones repeatedly.	3 The writer used a variety of sequencing words for most transitions.	4 The writer used a a large variety of sequencing words for all transitions.
Introductory and Concluding Paragra	1 The writer failed to create an introductory and/or concluding paragraph.	2 The writer used an introductory and/or concluding paragraph, but they were not interesting or relevant to the reader.	3 The writer used both an introductory and concluding paragraph that were interesting and relevant to the reader.	4 The writer used both an introductory and concluding paragraph that were exceptionally creative, interesting and relevant to the reader.
Punctuality Submitted to the instructor on time.	1 Papers that are late will have a reduced grade that will be determined by the instructor. Only extreme emergencies and situations will excempt a student from papers being marked late.	2 Submitted on Time	3 Null	4 Null

Keywords:

essay, process essay

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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