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CAHSEE Essay - Response to Writing Prompt 
Rubric Code: LBAX86
By msdragich
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric CAHSEE Essay
Response to Writing Prompt
  Excellent

4 pts

Good

3 pts

Limited

2 pts

Does Not Meet Minimum

1 pts

Thesis

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Excellent

-Provides a meaningful thesis that is responsive to the writing task.
Good

-Provides a thesis that is responsive to the writing task.
Limited

-Provides a thesis or main idea that is related to the writing task.
Does Not Meet Minimum

-May provide a weak thesis or main idea that is related to the writing task.
Support for Thesis

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Excellent

-Thoroughly supports the thesis and main ideas with specific details and
examples.
Good

-Supports the thesis and main ideas with details and examples.
Limited

-Supports the thesis or main ideas with limited details and/or examples.
Does Not Meet Minimum

-Fails to support the thesis or main ideas with details and/or examples.
Persuasiveness

Excellent

-States and maintains a position, authoritatively defends that position with precise and relevant evidence, and convincingly addresses the reader’s concerns, biases, and expectations.
Good

-States and maintains a position, generally defends that position with precise and relevant evidence, and addresses the reader’s concerns, biases, and expectations.
Limited

-Defends a position with little evidence and may address the reader’s concerns, biases, and expectations.
Does Not Meet Minimum

-Fails to defend a position with any evidence and fails to address the reader’s
concerns, biases, and expectations.
Tone and Organization

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Excellent

-Demonstrates a consistent tone and focus and illustrates a purposeful control of
organization.

-Demonstrates a clear sense of audience.
Good

-Demonstrates a consistent tone and focus and illustrates a control of
organization.

-Demonstrates a general sense of audience.
Limited

-Demonstrates an inconsistent tone and focus and illustrates little, if any, control of organization.

-Demonstrates little or no sense of audience.
Does Not Meet Minimum

-Demonstrates a lack of tone and focus and illustrates no control of organization.

-May demonstrate no sense of audience.
Language Mechanics

Excellent

-Provides a variety of sentence types and uses precise, descriptive language.

-Contains few, if any, errors in the conventions* of the English language. (Errors are generally first-draft in nature.)
Good

-Provides a variety of sentence types and uses some descriptive language.

-May contain some errors in the conventions* of the English language. (Errors do not interfere with the reader’s understanding of the essay.)
Limited

-Provides few, if any, sentence types and basic, predictable language.

-May contain several errors in the conventions* of the English language. (Errors may interfere with the reader’s understanding of the essay.)
Does Not Meet Minimum

-May provide no sentence variety and uses limited vocabulary.

-May contain serious errors in the conventions* of the English language. (Errors interfere with the reader’s understanding of the essay.)




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