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Literary Response Essay Rubric
Literary Response Essay Rubric
Rubric Code:
R796CW
By
jparke218
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Subject:
English
Type:
Writing
Grade Levels:
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Literary Response Rubric
Exemplary
6 pts
Advanced Proficient
5 pts
Proficient - Meets the Standard
4 pts
(Approaching) Proficient
3 pts
Partially Proficient
2 pts
Non-Proficient
1 pts
Organization
2 pts
Exemplary
Clearly and perceptively addresses all parts of the writing task.
Organization is significant and effective with a strong, coherent thesis and consistent focus.
Maintains distinctive voice and tone with a mature and demonstrates connected sense of audience.
Sophisticated sentence structure enhances style and effect.
Uses rich vocabulary and sophisticated figurative language.
Advanced Proficient
Clearly and effectively addresses all parts of the writing task.
Organization is clear and deliberate with a coherent thesis and focus.
Maintains voice and tone with a clear and mature sense of audience.
Some use of sophisticated sentence structure enhances style and effect.
Generally uses rich effective vocabulary and appropriate figurative language.
Proficient - Meets the Standard
Clearly addresses all parts of the writing task.
Organization is purposeful and provides a meaningful thesis and focus.
Maintains consistent voice and tone.
Demonstrates a clear sense of audience.
Provides a range of sentence types and uses precise and descriptive language.
(Approaching) Proficient
Addresses some parts of the writing task.
Some control of organization with an attempt to provide a thesis and focus.
Wavering voice.
Demonstrates a general sense of audience.
May use some descriptive language.
Partially Proficient
Addresses only parts of the writing task.
Little control of organization, if any; may provide a thesis and focus.
Inconsistent voice and tone.
Demonstrates little or no sense of audience.
May use basic predictable language.
Non-Proficient
Essay may be too short to evaluate or
addresses only one part of the writing task.
Little or no organization, if any; may provide a weak thesis, if any, and fails to maintain focus.
Voice may be flat or inappropriate to the task.
Demonstrates no sense of audience.
Provides no sentence variety and uses limited vocabulary.
Literary Response Rhetoric
2.5 pts
Exemplary
Gracefully includes TAG (Title, Author, Genre) in thesis statement.
Textual support is seamlessly woven into body paragraphs using signal words/phrases.
Advanced Proficient
Thesis statement seamlessly includes TAG (Title, Author, Genre).
Relevant textual support is woven into body paragraphs using signal. words/phrases
Proficient - Meets the Standard
TAG (Title, Author, Genre) is included in the introduction.
Textual support is included in body paragraphs.
(Approaching) Proficient
TAG (Title, Author, Genre) may be incomplete.
Textual support may not be adequate.
Partially Proficient
TAG (Title, Author, Genre) may not be clearly stated or absent altogether.
Lacks textual support; mostly retelling instead of analysis.
Non-Proficient
TAG (Title, Author, Genre) may not be stated.
Persuasion
2.5 pts
Exemplary
Persuasively supports the thesis and main ideas with convincing, pertinent, and well-integrated details and examples.
Compellingly addresses the readers' concerns, biases and expectations.
Authoritatively and eloquently defends a position with relevant (and documented) evidence.
Advanced Proficient
Thoughtfully and logically supports the thesis and main ideas with specific and appropriately integrated details and examples.
Convincingly addresses the readers' concerns, biases and expectations.
Authoritatively and skillfully defends a position with relevant and varied evidence.
Proficient - Meets the Standard
Supports the thesis and main ideas with specific details and examples.
Addresses the readers' concerns, biases and expectations.
Defends a position with precise and relevant evidence.
(Approaching) Proficient
Supports some aspects of the thesis and main ideas with details and examples.
May addresses the readers' concerns, biases and expectations.
Sometimes defends a position with evidence.
Partially Proficient
May support the thesis and main ideas with limited, if any, details and/or examples.
May or may not addresses the readers' concerns, biases and expectations.
Defends a position with little, if any, evidence.
Non-Proficient
Fails to defend a position with any evidence, and fails to address the readers' concerns.
Conventions
1.4 pts
Exemplary
Reader rarely spots errors in conventions of Standard English, grammar, puncutation, capitalization, and usage and spelling.
Writer demonstates a command of usage using a variety of complex ideas and/or sentence structure.
If any errors, may be due to risk taking as student attempts sophisticated grammatical structures.
Advanced Proficient
Reader infrequently spots errors in conventions of Standard English, grammar, puncutation, capitalization, and usage and spelling.
Writer demonstates a command of usage using a variety of complex ideas and/or sentence structure.
Errors may be due to risk taking as student attempts sophisticated grammatical structures.
Proficient - Meets the Standard
Reader occassionally notices errors in conventions of Standard English, grammar, puncutation, capitalization, and usage and spelling.
Writer may lack complete control of conventions, bue errors do not interfere with understanding.
Writer may still be uncertain about some conventions or lack complete control of Standard English.
(Approaching) Proficient
Reader is often aware of mechanics/usage/spelling errors.
Writer may still be uncertain about some conventions or lack complete control of Standard English.
Errors may cause confusion or create ambiguity for the reader.
Partially Proficient
Reader is continually aware of mechanics/usage/spelling errors.
While the essay is still readable, the errors cause create confusion and ambiguity.
Non-Proficient
Reader is bothered by numerous errors in every sentence or nearly every sentence.
Error rate reveals a writer who seems to understand very little about conventions of Standard English.
Subjects:
English
Types:
Writing
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