This I Believe Essay - Language Arts 9 Name:

Criteria Outcomes Wow (5) Yes! (4) Yes, but.. (3) Not yet (2)
*The essay mostly
*The essay clearly
Representing communicates the student's
communicates the student's *The essay barely communicates *The student's personal beliefs are
personal beliefs and gives
personal beliefs and gives the student's personal beliefs not provided and/or are not
examples that may/may not be
examples that are each clearly and/or each of the examples explained.
clearly explained.
Listening explained. may/may not be explained. *Student's voice is clearly not
*Student's voice is mostly
Student *Student's voice is evident and *Student's voice is barely evident. evident and/or writing.
present.
writing is clearly original. *Supporting details are relevant *Supporting details are irrelevant
Beliefs/ Voice *Supporting details are precise
*Supporting details are specific
and/or generic and/or scant
and/or apt
(x4) 1.1.2 experiment with and/or original
*The writing is considered
*The writing is straightforward *The writing is confusing and/or
language and forms *The writing is confident and/or generalized and occasionally lacks validity and does not interest
and/or elaborated and draws
and/or creative and holds the appeals to the readers interest the reader
the readers interest.
readers interest. *Words and expressions are *Words and expressions are
3.3.1 organize
*Words and expressions are
*Words and expressions are generally used appropriately. generally used inaccurately.
information often used accurately.
used precisely and deliberately
*Student correctly uses at least 1
2.3.3 experiment with *Student is missing rhetorical
*Student correctly uses 3 *Student uses at least 2 rhetorical device, and they
language devices, or they are each incorrectly
rhetorical devices. rhetorical devices but they may may/may not be completely
Rhetorical *Sentence structure is not be completely correct. correct.
used.
Devices (x2) *Sentence structure generally lacks
4.2.1 attend to grammar effectively and consistently *Sentence structure is *Sentence structure often lacks
control, and this often impedes
and usage controlled consistently controlled control, and this may impede
meaning.
meaning.
4.3.4 demonstrate
Brevity of attentive listening and
Essay is between 500 and 800 Essay is underdeveloped; under Essay is underdeveloped; under Essay is incomplete; under 300
Essay viewing
words 500 words 400 words words

Writing *Essay does not follow

*Essay writing follows
perscribed format
2.4.3 structure texts *Essay is engaging and
Organization skillfully established a focus
(x2) *Events and/or details are
1.1.2 experiment with
developed in a judicious
language and forms
order, and coherence is
4.3.2 enhance maintained
presentation
*Essay writing follows
perscribed format
*Essay is purposeful and
clearly establishes a focus
that is capably sustained.
*Events and/or details are
developed in a sensible
order, and coherence is
generally maintained
perscribed formats
*Essay follows basic format
*Essay writing lacks purpose
*Essay writing is functional and
and/or is not functional; any
generally sustained
focus established provides little
*Events and/or details are
direction and/or is not sustained
developed in a discernable
*The development of events
order, although coherence may
and/or details is not clearly
falter occasionally
discernible, and coherence
falters frequently

Writing *The quality of the writing is *The quality of the writing is

*The quality of the writing is
enhanced because it is sustained because it contains *The quality of the writing is
impaired by the consistently
essentially error-free. only minor conventiion errors weakened by the frequently
Conventions 4.2 Attend to conventions *Any errors that are present *Any errors that are present incorrect use of conventions
incorrect use of conventions
(x2) *Errors severely reduce clarity
do not reduce clarity and/or do rarely reduce clarity and/or *Errors blur clarity and/or interrupt
and/or impede the flow of the
not interrupt the flow of the seldom interrupt the flow of the the flow of the response
1.1.3 express response
preferences response. response

No work submitted
Work submitted does not meet the assignment guidelines
Insufficient
/45
Student has produced so little that it is not possible to asses their ideas
No evidence that the student has address the assigned topics
Student has made no connections to the appropriate texts/themes/concepts