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Advanced Psychology Essay Rubric

Essay is worth 20 points.

Rubric Code: P97655

By chomburg

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Subject: Psychology

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Essay
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 25 pts	Exemplar 40 pts
Grammar	Poor Many grammatical and punctuation errors. 10+ errors	Fair Some grammatical and punctuation errors. 6-10 errors	Good Few grammatical and punctuation errors. 1-5 errors	Exemplar No grammatical and punctuation errors.
Format	Poor Does not have good paragraph structure. Does not follow intro, body, and conclusion format.	Fair Adequate paragraph structure. Adequately follows intro, body, and conclusion format.	Good Good paragraph structure. Mostly follows five paragraph essay format	Exemplar Perfect paragraph structure. Follows five paragraph essay format.
Content Knowledge	Poor Language unsuitable to purpose or audience. No supporting details.	Fair Language somewhat suitable to purpose but audience not considered. Some supporting details.	Good Language suitable to purpose but audience not considered. Contains supporting details.	Exemplar Language highly suitable to purpose and audience. Supporting details well defined.
Argument	Poor Argument is not well formed. No support for claims.	Fair Argument is well formed. No support for claims.	Good Argument is well formed. Some support claims.	Exemplar Argument is well formed. Support for all claims.
Purpose	Poor Essay does not have a clear purpose.	Fair Essay has a clear purpose but is not followed throughout.	Good Essay has a clear purpose and is mostly followed.	Exemplar Essay has a clear purpose and is followed throughout.