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Formal Essay CHY4U 
Formal Essay CHY4U
Rubric Code: Y68274
By mrafferty
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Subject: History  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Still needs extensive work

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Acceptable, but needs some work

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At Standard

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Exceeds Standard

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UNITY

Still needs extensive work

* The essay is not unified under one thesis

* Several paragraphs are not unified under one topic
Acceptable, but needs some work

*Parts of the essay are not unified under one thesis

* One or two paragraphs are not unified under one topic
At Standard

*The essay is focused and stupports the main thesis.
Exceeds Standard

* The ENTIRE essay is unified under one thesis
* ALL paragraphs are unified under one topic
COHERENCE

Still needs extensive work

*Many sentences, and/or paragraphs seem out of place.

* There are many awkward sentences.
Acceptable, but needs some work

*Several sentences, chunks, and/or paragraphs seem out of place.

* There are several awkward sentences.
At Standard

*One or two sentences, and/or paragraphs seem out of place.

* There are one or two awkward sentences.
Exceeds Standard

Each word, sentence and paragraph is exactly where it fits and flows from the one before it. Nothing is out of place. There are no awkward sentences/paragrpahs in the entire essay.
CLARITY

Still needs extensive work

*Many sentences, and/or paragraphs are not completely clear.

*There are many places where a reader would be confused.
Acceptable, but needs some work

*Several sentences, and/or paragraphs are not completely clear.

*There are several places where a reader would be confused.
At Standard

*One or two sentences, and/or paragraphs are not completely clear.

*There are one or two places where a reader would be confused.
Exceeds Standard

Each sentence, and paragraph is totally clear. There is no place where the reader would be puzzled.
STYLE

Still needs extensive work

*Much of the writing lacks gracefulness and continuity.

*There is little variety in sentence types and lengths.

*Many unnecessary words are used.
Acceptable, but needs some work

*In several places, the writing lacks gracefulness and continuity.

*In some places, there is little variety in sentence types and lengths.

*Several unnecessary words are used.
At Standard

*In one or two places, the writing lacks gracefulness and continuity.

*In one or two places, there is little variety in sentence types and lengths.

*One or two unnecessary words are used.
Exceeds Standard

*The writing exhibits the writer's own special style of thinking and writing. It is graceful, continuous, and clear, but in a unique way.
Grammar/Editing

Still needs extensive work

*There are many errors in punctuation, capitalization, and/or general mechanics.

*There are several typos.
Acceptable, but needs some work

*There are several errors in punctuation, capitalization, and/or general mechanics.

*There are several typos.
At Standard

*There are one or two errors in punctuation, capitalization, and/or general mechanics.

*There are one or two typos.
Exceeds Standard

*There is not a single error in punctuation, capitalization, or general mechanics. There are no typos. Everything is correct.





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