iRubric: Tolerance Progressive Essay rubric

In addition to meeting Proficiency:
- Uses more complex narrative structures: dialogue, suspense, flashback, and/or multiple plot lines
- Includes exceptional use of sensory detail and description; highly descriptive throughout
- Is obvious that thought was given to choosing words that were "just right" for the narrative; no empty adjectives or flat, uninteresting verbs

Narrative Section:
- Catches and holds our attention
- Has strong character(s) and clear setting
- Has effective and organized plot or timeline of events
- Clearly deals with a tolerance-based theme
- Contains specific words and vivid details
- Comes to a satisfying and believable conclusion
- Transitions smoothly to next section

Narrative Section:
- Briefly tells a tolerance-related story
- May have a somewhat confusing or incomplete plot or timeline of events
- Isn't very descriptive
- Doesn't have a clear ending and/or doesn't transition well into next section

Narrative Section:
- Doesn't tell a clear story
- Is very confusing or is obviously incomplete
- Doesn't clearly relate to a tolerance-based theme

In addition to meeting Proficiency:
- Topic is dealt with in great detail
- Multiple perspectives or viewpoints may be presented (if applicable)
- Includes graphics (graphs, charts, illustrations, diagrams, photographs, etc.)

Informative/Explanatory Section:
- Includes relevant, well-chosen facts; concrete details; and quotations that increase the reader's knowledge on the topic
- Provides required definitions and explanations to clarify topic
- Comes to a logical conclusion
- Transitions smoothly to next section

Informative/Explanatory Section:
- Is on topic, but facts, details, and quotations are commonplace; they don't provide much information
- Information is sometimes difficult to follow or understand
- Doesn't have a clear ending and/or does not transition well into next section

Informative/Explanatory Section:
- Information is disorganized, not well-chosen, and possibly off-topic all together
- Is highly confusing or obviously incomplete

In addition to meeting Proficiency:
- Includes and discredits/disproves counter claims; explains why chosen solution is superior to other alternatives

Argumentative Section:
- Clearly states claim (proposed solution) and provides evidence/arguments to support the claim
- Transitions smoothly from one argument or piece of evidence to the next
- Comes to a logical conclusion that supports the argument

Argumentative Section:
- Has a wishy-washy or unclear claim
- Attempts to support claim, but arguments aren't strong enough or convincing enough
- Doesn't have a clear ending and/or does not transition well into next section

Argumentative Section:
- Contains opinions, not arguments; is biased
- Is disorganized, off-topic, or illogical
- Is overly confusing and/or obviously incomplete

- Bibliography contains more than three sources
-Bibliography is annotated; includes a brief summary for each entry
-Both of the above

- At least three sources are cited correctly in bibliography
- Bibliography is formatted correctly

- Fewer then three sources were used but were cited correctly
- Three sources were used but were cited incorrectly
- Bibliography is not formatted correctly

- No bibliography
- Major errors in citation; unable to determine sources used