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Essay Writing Rubric Essay Writing Rubric Rubric Code: U7A67X By malouv Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Biology Type: Exam Grade Levels: 9-12

Essay Writing Rubric
	Poor (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Very Good (N/A)
Content	Poor Ideas Not Clear No Details	Fair More detail needed. Ideas hard to follow. Purpose not Evident. Lack of knowledge shown.	Good Very good detail. Ideas clear but create little impression. Some ideas fully developed. Shows knowledge.	Very Good Excellent details. Details create pictures. All ideas fully developed. Shows comprehensive knowledge.
Organization	Poor Main idea unclear. Jumbled ideas.	Fair Main idea clear, but many irrelevant ideas. Both intro/conclusion do not meet format req. Number of thesis points do not match number of body paragrpahs	Good Main idea clear, relevent details but not well arranged. Some things not in chronological order. Some ideas irrelevant. EIther intro/conclusion does not meet format req.	Very Good Main idea clear and details easy to follow. All details relevant and arranged well (in logical order). Both intro/conclusion meet format requirement.
Form	Poor Meanings unclear. Doesn't make sense.	Fair Many mistakes in usage, punctuation, spelling and tense. Little sentence variety. Page (length) requirement not met. Spacing and font requirement not met. Unnecessary words.	Good Some mistakes in usage, punctuation, spelling, and tense. Some sentence variety. Page requirement not met. Some unnecessary words. Spacing and font requirement not met.	Very Good No mistakes in usage, punctuation, spelling and tense. Sentences vary, page requirements met. Concise wording. Spacing and font requirements met.
Vocal/Diction	Poor Common words overused. Little variety in word choices. Inappropriate word choices (slang).	Fair A few interestng words. Words more vague than precise. Inappropriate words (slang or words not appropriate for time frame). Overuse of some words.	Good Some interesting words. Uses more general words than precise ones. Some inappropriate word choices. Some vivid and descriptive words. No slang.	Very Good New interesting word choices. Precise words that give clear meanings and vivid impression. Appropriate word choices. No slang.