Writing Rubric Expresses an idea-driven, Expresses an idea-driven, Expresses a vague, trite, or Expresses no claim or an specific, supportable claim in a clear specific, supportable claim in a somewhat supportable claim unsupportable claim and concise manner. It is interesting clear and concise manner Topic sentences somewhat No topic sentences Claim and sophisticated Topic sentences relate to claim relate to claim Topic sentences substantiate and unify content claim and unify content Employs sufficient and well- Employs sufficient evidence that Provides some evidence that Provides excessive, little, or no chosen evidence that is relevant to is relevant to the argument may or may not be relevant to evidence relevant to argument Content the argument Provides context for evidence the argument Provides no context for Evidence Provides enough context to while mostly avoiding plot Provides little or no context evidence understand evidence while avoiding summary for evidence and/or excessive plot summary plot summary Analyzes how and why Analyzes how and why evidence Explains plot rather than Does not include analysis specific evidence supports the supports the claim, using some analyzing and/or makes claims Reaches faulty conclusion claim, using all relevant literary relevant literary terms that are not clearly supported Analysis terms correctly Develops and analyzes content, by evidence Develops and analyzes taking limited risks with ideas Identifies content with little content with sophistication and analysis originality, taking risks with ideas Develops a logical and coherent Develops a logical and coherent Develops a structure that is Neglects to develop a structure structure that flows smoothly structure confusing Provides no closure Organizes ideas that build upon one Provides a sense of closure Provides a limited sense of Structure another in an effective fashion closure Provides a strong reflective sense of closure Demonstrates an insightful Demonstrates an awareness of Demonstrates a limited Demonstrates no awareness of awareness of audience and purpose audience and purpose awareness of audience and audience and purpose Uses sophisticated vocabulary Uses appropriate vocabulary purpose Uses weak or inappropriate Clarity without distracting from the purpose Demonstrates variety in sentence Uses generally appropriate vocabulary Style Demonstrates meaningful variety in structures vocabulary Lacks variety or demonstrates sentence structures Embeds quotations using Demonstrates some variety in problems in sentence structure Consistently embeds quotations punctuation sentence structures Neglects to embed to within the syntax Attempts to embed quotations quotations Contains no spelling or usage errors Contains few spelling or usage Contains errors that generally Contains errors that Uses present tense and third person errors do not distract from meaning significantly interfere with Cites text correctly Uses present tense and third Uses past or present meaning Conventions person most of the time progressive tense and/or first Does not cite text Cites text correctly most of the or second person time Contains multiple citation errors Comments: Grade: