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Literature Analysis

Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Rubric Code: K9234B

By imamarleymiamom

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Introduction	Poor No background information is provided in the introduction	Fair Background information is accurate	Good Background information may be unimportant or sparse	Excellent Extensive and appropriate background information is provided
Thesis	Poor Introduction lacks a clear thesis	Fair Thesis is vague or incomplete	Good Thesis clearly states main idea of essay, but lacks details	Excellent Thesis clearly states main idea and includes three details
Body Paragraphs	Poor Significant information is missing from the body paragraphs; transition words are not used	Fair Some information is included in the body; details are not expanded upon; transition words used	Good Information included in the body is sparse or incomplete; details are somewhat expanded upon; transition words utilized between paragraphs	Excellent Information is extensive and accurate; details are expanded and used correctly; transition words used between paragraphs AND within paragraphs
Parenthetical citation	Poor No attempt was made to cite or document evidence	Fair An attempt was made to cite and document evidence, but not correctly; page numbers were not included	Good Some evidence is properly documented in quotations; parenthesis indicate the page number properly	Excellent All evidence is properly documented in quotations and parenthesis indicate page number
Conclusion	Poor There is no clear conclusion OR the conclusion ends abruptly, rambles on, or lacks a summary of the thesis	Fair The conclusion is short or simply restates the thesis	Good The conclusion is ambiguous or misstates the thesis	Excellent The conclusion thoroughly summarizes the thesis in a fresh manner
Spelling, punctuation, grammar	Poor There is no evidence of self-editing; sentences don't make sense; paragraphs not indented properly; too many spelling errors	Fair Many grammatical errors throughout the essay; most of the sentences make sense; many spelling errors	Good There are a few errors; most of the sentences are written well with few mistakes; simple sentences; a few spelling errors	Excellent Clear evidence of self-editing; all sentences make sense; complex sentence structure; no grammatical or spelling errors