iRubric: Organizational Model rubric

The student's organization is clear, purposeful, and follows the model outline. The student is effectively able to organize, and support peers with, details/information from research. Details/information are grouped into subtopics that align with a chosen thesis. Topic sentence is clever, well-written, and clear. Thesis clearly states the main idea, and the conclusion restates main idea with highlighted subtopics.

The student's organization is clear and follows the model. The student is able to organize details/information from research into subtopics that align with a chosen main idea. The student uses three details from their research in each subtopic (or body paragraph). Topic sentence is clear, thesis clearly states the main idea, and the conclusion restates main idea with highlighted subtopics.

The student shows some attempt at following the model. The student is partially able to (or with assistance) organize the details into planned subtopics that align with the main idea. Student only utilizes two details from their research into each subtopic or some information is missing. One detail may be in the wrong subtopic. The student has a simple topic sentence and concluding sentence, or the T.S. and C.S. are too similar.

With assistance, the student is not able to complete the model. A significant amount of information is disjointed, missing, and/or copied directly from source. The student's topic sentence and/or concluding sentence are off topic or copied from source.

The student's details are strongly supported/factual and may be cross-cited. Each subtopic (body paragraph) contains at least four details.

The student uses relevant evidence.
Facts are written in student's own words and strengthen overall meaning. Each detail supports the subtopic (body paragraph) and there are at least three strong details for each subtopic.

The student's details may not be factual or disjointed.
The student may have omitted a subtopic or each subtopic only has two details. Details may be copied too closely from the source without citation.

The student uses minimal evidence or includes irrelevant evidence. Student did not follow the model outline. The details are copied directly from the source without citation.

The model is very neat and easy to follow. The student uses effective note-taking techniques for details, using only important words and symbols where appropriate.
The student uses correct capitals and punctuation with complete sentences.

The model is mostly neat.
There may be minimal mistakes with complete sentences (including the topic sentence and concluding statement).

The model is somewhat messy and/or hard to follow. The T.S. and/or C.S. are not complete sentences, or there are many mechanical errors.

The model is messy.
There are many mistakes with the mechanics of the T.S. and C.S.;
The T.S. and C.S. are fragments; or one is missing. Other sentences are fragments and/or missing capitals or proper punctuation.