iRubric: Gilbert Grape Essay rubric

The definition has multiple, thoughtful criteria and the explanation makes sense.

The defintion really only has one criteria, or it is hard to understand.

Very little thought went into the definition or it doesn't make sense.

The thesis statement clearly says which family is more functional.

The thesis statement is confusing and unclear.

There is no thesis statement.

The paper clearly states how well the Grapes meet the criteria for a functional family stated in the introduction. It provides specific examples from the movie for support.

The paper states how the Grapes meet the criteria for a functional family, but DOES NOT provide specific examples for support.

The paper does not relate the Grape family to the defintion in the introduction and does not provide specific examples for support.

The conclusion discusses the role of parents and children making a good family. It also states the most important criteria for making good families.

The conclusion does not discuss the roles of parents and children, or does not mention what the criteria for making good families is.

The conclusion is very brief and just repeats what it says in the introduction.

There aren't too many spelling errors and very few sentence fragments or run on sentences.

There are a fair number of spelling errors, or the paper is hard to understand because of the sentence fragments and run ons.

There are so many spelling and sentence errors that the paper is hard to read.