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Essay Building Rubric 
Literary Essay
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Rubric Code: S22B6C8
By crousseau
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Excellent

10 pts

Proficient

8 pts

Average

6 pts

Poor

4 pts

Introduction

Excellent

Introduction properly introduces the necessary information to understand the subject of the student's mini essay

Introduction has a strong hook and the thesis is located at the end of the paragraph.
Proficient

Essay is missing one of the components required for the introduction.

Introduction almost completely introduces any necessary information - may have a little unnecessary information
Average

Essay is missing two of the components for the introduction

Introduction has more unnecessary than necessary information when introducing the subject of their argument

Hook could be stronger to grab the reader's attention
Poor

Essay is missing more than two components for the introduction

Introduction is too short in the sense of introducing the argument of the paper. Introduction contains too much filler rather than getting straight to the point.

Location of thesis is unclear
Thesis

Excellent

Thesis is clear, arguable, focused, and supported.

Thesis clearly shows what the subject of the paper is, the argument, and what each body paragraph is going to be about.

Student took feedback into account and revised.
Proficient

Thesis does not have one of the "strong qualities of a thesis"

Thesis is clear on the subject, but the support of the argument could be a little clearer (thesis may need a little more clarity)
Average

Thesis lacks two of the "strong qualities"

Thesis needs more clarity, but the thesis can be argued.
Poor

Theses lacks more than two strong qualities

Thesis is hard to point out because it is unclear / has little support.

Student did not revise after feedback.
Body Paragraph 1

Excellent

Paragraph has two pieces of relevant evidence chosen to support their first point.

Paragraph has a thorough and close analysis that references back to the quote and explains how quote proves their point

Evidence and analysis is balanced (slightly more analysis than evidence)

Student took feedback into account and revised
Proficient

Paragraph has two pieces of evidence chosen to support their first paragraph.

Paragraph has an analysis that could use just a little more clarity -- may not have one of the necessary qualities of analysis

Evidence and analysis is mostly balanced
Average

Paragraph only has one piece of evidence or evidence is not very relevant to their claim/point.

Paragraph needs a stronger analysis or analysis is a little too short to fully support their point.

There is more evidence than analysis
Poor

Paragraph's evidence is either unsupported or irrelevant to the point of the body paragraph

Paragraph's evidence is highly unbalanced with analysis to the point where it is unclear what the point of the paragraph is.

Student did not revise at all after feedback
Body Paragraph 2

Excellent

Paragraph has smooth transitional sentence that connects it to the prior paragraph, and a conclusion sentence that wraps up the main ideas of the paragraph nicely.

Paragraph makes a clear connection to the thesis and considers every important aspect of their point.

Paragraph also clearly considers its significance to the whole novel

Student took feedback into account and revised
Proficient

Paragraph has decent transitional sentence connecting the main idea of BP2 to BP1. The conclusion sentence mostly wraps up the main ideas of the paragraph.

Paragraph may need a little more clarity on its connection to either the thesis or the novel as a whole.
Average

Paragraph's transition sentence is more abrupt than smooth, needing more clarity on how the two BP's connect. Conclusion sentence may be too abrupt.

Paragraph lacks either a connection to the thesis or the novel as a whole, but this analysis is developing. May be slightly repetitive with ideas.
Poor

Paragraph lacks a transition and/or conclusion sentence.

Paragraph is repetitive and the point's importance in the "big picture" is unclear; may just be giving a summary or the novel.

Student does not revise after feedback
Conclusion

Excellent

Conclusion not only includes thesis (or paraphrased thesis), but it also emphasizes the importance of each point once more to wrap up connections and make a final case for their argument.

We see each BP's points addressed in the conclusion.

Conclusion leaves the reader thinking. Conclusion addresses the question: "Why did I even write this?"
Proficient

Conclusion contains thesis, but may need to be clearer with the importance of their argument.

Each BP point is addressed, but it is not emphasized enough to wrap up the paper properly.

Conclusion makes a somewhat clear case for the question "Why did I even write this?"
Average

Conclusion may contain thesis, but it may not have a lot of wrapping up after it restates the thesis.

Each BP is somewhat addressed, or the paper is summarized without emphasizing the importance.

Reader may be asking "Is that the only reason why they wrote this?"
Poor

Conclusion contains thesis and nothing else, or minimal explanation that wraps up the paper.

Student did not revise after feedback, making the conclusion seem like it is still a draft.

Reader will be asking "Why did they even write this?"
Grammar and MLA

Excellent

There are only 2 or less MLA mistakes in the paper.

< 4 grammar mistakes present in the paper.
Proficient

There are between 5-7 grammar mistakes in the paper, and 2 MLA mistakes.
Average

There are fewer than 9 grammar or convention errors, there are 3 MLA formatting mistakes.
Poor

There are more than 10 grammar or convention errors, and there is barely any MLA (or not at all).




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