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Literary Analysis Essay Thematic Essay Short Story Rubric Code: W2WXX94 By cindycoe Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Humanities Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Literary Analysis 80 pts
	Exemplary -4 (N/A)	Proficient -3 (N/A)	Approaching -2 (N/A)	Beginning -1 (N/A)
Organization -20 pts	Exemplary -4 Strong introduction with thesis; Body paragraphs flow together and transitions are used; closing paragraph gives a finished feeling and discusses "big picture" of this theme today	Proficient -3 good general intro with thesis and general conclusion; still flows well and uses transitions; one area of organization may be weak	Approaching -2 jumps around ideas; weak intro and/or conclusion; still divided into paragraphs with intro, body and conclusion	Beginning -1 still a rough draft; not organized into cohesive paragraphs; choppy and hard to follow; missing intro and/or conclusion
Evidence and citation -20	Exemplary -4 Strong examples for the theme; descriptive; at least one quote used with page number in body paragraph.	Proficient -3 Good and relevant examples; one quote used in body paragraph; may be missing page number	Approaching -2 Some examples used but needs more detail; no quote included	Beginning -1 does not include enough evidence to demonstrate theme; or evidence doesn't connect at all with theme
Analysis/Commentary -20	Exemplary -4 Exceptional commentary shows in-depth understanding of the theme; demonstrates high levels of critical thinking; no informal language (me, I, you)	Proficient -3 Good analysis but may need more depth in places; shows some critical thinking; may have one instance of informal language	Approaching -2 Analysis is short; not enough commentary sentences included; lacks understanding of theme; and/or a lot of informal language	Beginning -1 more of a summary of the story; lacks analysis and any critical thinking
Conventions/Sentences -20	Exemplary -4 Writer makes up to three grammar or sentence errors; Long and varied sentences; no fragments or run-ons	Proficient -3 Writer makes 4-6 convention errors; Good general sentence structure but some sentences need to be expanded; may have one fragment or run-on	Approaching -2 Writer makes 7-10 convention errors; Mostly simple sentences; and/or has fragments/run-ons which detract the reader	Beginning -1 Writer makes more than 10 convention errors; Numerous sentence errors completely distract the reader