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iRubric: Theme Analysis rubric

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Theme Analysis Theme Analysis Rubric Code: Y2329BW By dathomas Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Theme Analysis
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Introduction	Excellent - Introduces author - Introduces title - Introduces theme - Clearly written thesis statement	Good Introduction missing one or more elements	Fair Introduction missing more than two elements	Poor Introduction does not introduce required information and does not have the characteristics of an introduction
Body Paragraph	Excellent Body Paragraph contains at least three concrete details and are followed by commentary	Good Body paragraph contains at least two concrete details and limited commentary	Fair Body paragraph contains at least one concrete detail followed by commentary	Poor Body paragraph does not contain concrete details and commentary
Conclusion	Excellent Restates thesis and main points, discusses why it matters, does not introduce new ideas, and reads like the ending of an essay	Good Restates thesis and main points and does not close appropriately	Fair Does not restate thesis and/or main points	Poor Does not restate thesis and main points
Spelling and Grammar	Excellent 0-3 spelling and grammatical errors	Good 4-6 spelling and grammatical errors Errors become distracting to the reader	Fair More than 6 spelling and grammatical errors Errors become distracting to the reader	Poor Many spelling and grammatical errors Errors are extremely distracting and take away from the reading.
Evidence	Excellent At least three pieces of evidence from the text are used and analyzed	Good At least two pieces of evidence from the text are used and analyzed	Fair One piece of evidence from the text is used and analyzed	Poor There is either no evidence from the text or there is not much analysis
Theme	Excellent Theme is very clear and strongly supported with concrete details and commentary	Good Theme is somewhat clear and somewhat supported with concrete details and commentary	Fair Theme is somewhat clear and is not supported with details or evidence	Poor Theme is unclear and not supported
MLA formatting/layout	Excellent MLA formatting is used for entire paper. Paper is written in Times New Roman 12	Good 1 or 2 errors in MLA formatting. Paper is written in Times New Roman 12	Fair Several errors in MLA formatting or paper does not hold to Times New Roman 12	Poor Student did not follow directions for formatting