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Writing About Literature

Holt Online Scoring 8th Grade

Rubric Code: X37XBA

By jfields

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12, Undergraduate

Enter rubric title 80 %
	Unacceptable 5 pts	Poor 6 pts	Fair 7 pts	Good 8 pts	Great! 9 pts	Excellent! 10 pts
Thesis/Main Idea	Unacceptable off-topic; shows little awareness of the topic and purpose for writing	Poor shows little awareness of the topic and purpose for writing	Fair includes loosely related ideas that seriously distract from the writer's text-based focus	Good includes some loosely related ideas that distract from the writer’s text-based focus	Great! offers a clear thesis and focuses on the assigned task, with minor distractions	Excellent! offers a clear thesis, with focus on the assigned task
Organization	Unacceptable lacks organization; off topic	Poor shows minimal organization, with major gaps in the logical flow of ideas	Fair shows some organization, with noticeable gaps in the logical flow of ideas	Good shows effective organization, with minor lapses	Great! shows effective organization, with transitions	Excellent! shows effective organization throughout, with smooth transitions
Main Ideas	Unacceptable offers unclear, confusing ideas and little or no grasp of the assigned text	Poor offers ideas that merely skim the surface, with a weak grasp of the assigned text	Fair offers some ideas that demonstrate a general grasp of the assigned text	Good offers mostly thoughtful ideas and a general grasp of the assigned text	Great! offers thoughtful ideas and a sound grasp of the assigned task	Excellent! offers thoughtful, creative ideas and an insightful, comprehensive grasp of the assigned text
Development of Supporting Details	Unacceptable develops ideas in only a minimal way, if at all–with little or no material from the assigned text	Poor develops ideas with inadequate elaboration, using insufficient material from the assigned text	Fair develops ideas with uneven use of information, examples, and details from the assigned text	Good develops ideas adequately, with mostly relevant information, examples, and details from the assigned text	Great! develops ideas well, using relevant information, examples and details from the assigned text	Excellent! develops ideas thoroughly, using relevant, well-elaborated information, examples, and details from the assigned text
Language & Mechanics 20 %
	Unacceptable exhibits major problems with control of written language 5 pts	Poor exhibits significant problems with control of written language 6 pts	Fair exhibits limited control of written language 7 pts	Good exhibits general control of written language 8 pts	Great! exhibits control of written language 9 pts	Excellent 10 pts
Verb Tense	Unacceptable incorrect and/or inconsistent verb tense throughout	Poor	Fair inconsistent verb tense throughout	Good correct verb tense with a few lapses	Great!	Excellent correct and consistent verb tense throughout
Spelling/Word Usage Errors	Unacceptable 5 or more errors	Poor 4 errors	Fair 3 errors	Good 2 errors	Great! 1 error	Excellent 0 errors
Run-ons/Fragments	Unacceptable 5 or more errors	Poor 4 errors	Fair 3 errors	Good 2 errors	Great! 1 errors	Excellent 0 errors
Capitalization Errors	Unacceptable 5 or more	Poor 4 errors	Fair 3 errors	Good 2 errors	Great! 1 errors	Excellent 0 errors
Punctuation Errors	Unacceptable 5 or more errors	Poor 4 errors	Fair 3 errors	Good 2 errors	Great! 1 errors	Excellent 0 errors

Keywords:

writing about literature

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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