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Voices Project Essay Rubric 
Rubric Code: VX37887
By fry76278
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Public Rubric
Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Score Point 4

4 pts

Score Point 3

3 pts

Score Point 2

2 pts

Score Point 1

1 pts

Score Point 0

0 pts

Thesis/Focus

Score Point 4

● establishes and sustains a precise controlling
idea/thesis

● displays a clear
understanding of task,
purpose, and audience
Score Point 3

● establishes a controlling
idea/thesis

● displays an understanding
of task, purpose, and
audience
Score Point 2

● provides an inconsistent
idea/thesis

● displays a limited
understanding of task,
purpose, and audience
Score Point 1

● provides a vague or
indistinct controlling idea

● displays a minimal
understanding of task,
purpose, and audience
Score Point 0

● provides no evidence of a controlling idea/thesis

● displays no understanding of task, purpose, and audience

● does not respond to prompt
Content

Score Point 4

● provides relevant content and specific and effective supporting details that demonstrate a clear understanding of purpose

● uses sophisticated
transitional words, phrases, and clauses to link ideas and create cohesion
Score Point 3

● provides relevant content
and effective supporting
details

● uses transitional words,
phrases, and clauses to link ideas
Score Point 2

● provides insufficient content and ineffective supporting details

● may use simplistic and/or
illogical transitional
expressions
Score Point 1

● provides minimal content

● uses few or no transitional expressions to link ideas
Score Point 0

● provides little to no content

● does not use transitional
expressions to link ideas

● does not respond to prompt
Organization

Score Point 4

● chooses sophisticated
organizational strategies
appropriate for task,
purpose, and audience

● includes a clear and well defined introduction, body,
and conclusion
Score Point 3

● chooses appropriate
organizational strategies for task, purpose, and audience

● includes a clear introduction, body, and conclusion
Score Point 2

● displays some evidence of organizational strategies

● may not include an
introduction, body,
and/or conclusion
Score Point 1

● displays little evidence of
organizational strategies

● may not include an
identifiable introduction,
body, and/or conclusion
Score Point 0

● displays no evidence of
organizational strategies

● does not include an
identifiable introduction,
body, and/or conclusion

● does not respond to prompt
Style

Score Point 4

● uses consistently precise
language and a wide variety of sentence structures

● chooses an effective style
and tone and maintains a
consistent point of view
Score Point 3

● uses precise language
and a variety of sentence
structures
● chooses an appropriate
style, tone, and point of view
Score Point 2

● uses imprecise language
and a limited variety of
sentence structures

● may choose an
inappropriate style or tone
and may shift point of view
Score Point 1

● uses simplistic or repetitious language and sentence structures

● demonstrates little or no
understanding of style, tone, or point of view
Score Point 0

● uses repetitious language
and simple sentence
structures

● demonstrates no
understanding of style,
tone, or point of view

● does not respond to prompt
MLA Citations

Score Point 4

● All in-text and parenthetical citations are formatted and used correctly
Score Point 3

● Citations are mostly correct, with minor errors in formatting.
Score Point 2

● Citations have many errors, or some citations are not present.
Score Point 1

● Citations are totally incorrect
Score Point 0

● No attempt at using citations.




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