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To Kill A Mockingbird Writing- Formative Assessment

This rubric accompanies the Formative Assessment developed for Oregon State Writing Standards: WR 5, 17, 18, 19, and 22, with primary emphasis on "writing about literature." The rubric does not specify a specific novel; it would easily be adapted for any literature.

Rubric Code: Y474B5

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

To Kill a Mockingbird Essay
	12 pts	9 pts	7 pts	5 pts	3 pts	0 pts
Content and Ideas	12 -convey an accurate and in-depth understanding of the topic -offer insightful and thorough explanations in support of the main idea presented in a thesis statement	9 -convey an accurate and complete understanding of the topic -offer clear and explicit examples and explanation in support of the thesis statement	7 -convey an accurate, although somewhat basic, understanding of the topic -offer partial support and explanation regarding the thesis statement	5 -convey a partly accurate understanding of the topic -offer limited analysis or superficial explanation that only partially support the thesis statement	3 -convey a confused or largely inaccurate understanding of the topic -offer unclear analysis or unwarranted explanations that fail to support the thesis statement	0 -provide no evidence of understanding the writing task or topic -make incoherent explanations that do not support the topic
Support	12 -develop ideas clearly, effectively integrating specific support from the novel	9 -develop ideas clearly incorporating and explaining specific evidence from the novel. -discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information	7 -develop some ideas more fully than others, using relevant textual evidence -attempt to discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information may be unclear	5 -develop ideas briefly or partially, using some evidence but without much elaboration OR -may contain a mix of relevant and irrelevant information	3 -attempt to offer some development of ideas, but evidence is vague, or unjustified. -contain irrelevant and/or inaccurate information	0 -completely lack development and do not include textual evidence -contain irrelevant and/or inaccurate information and completely fail to distinguish fact from opinion.
Conventions	12 -demonstrate control of Oregon Writing Standards #5,17,18,19,22	9 -demonstrate control of the conventions, exhibiting occasional errors only when using sophisticated language	7 -demonstrate partial control, exhibiting occasional errors that do not hinder comprehension	5 -demonstrate emerging control, exhibiting frequent errors that somewhat hinder comprehension	3 -demonstrate lack of control, exhibiting frequent errors that make comprehension difficult	0 -illegible or unrecognizable as literate English
MLA Citations	12 -a minimum of two appropriately used quotes are used to support the ideas related to the thesis -quotes are in-text citations, using appropriate MLA citation methology	9	7	5	3	0

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Writing an essay

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English

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Writing

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