General Scoring Rubric

Content Criteria Points

1 2 3 4
Mostly focuses on 
Strays from topic, Focuses on topic,
topic and develops it 
Lacks clear topic and  presents some presents thoughtful
clearly and fairly well
Content details important ideas with ideas and develops ____
with supporting  them with details
few supporting
details
details

Does not have a  organization is Well organized 

beginning, middle, or  organization is present but points with a strong 
Organization end, and observations present but weak or may fail to flow with beginning, middle,  ____
are disconnected or insufficient clear relationship to and end
unrelated each other

Uses beautiful 
Attempts to use 
Repeats same words  Uses beautiful  language often; 
beautiful language; 
often, little attempt at  language at times;  wide variety of 
Vocabulary little variety or  ____
using describing words varies word choice words used; word 
describing words
choices make ideas 
more clear

Most sentences are  Uses complete 
Some sentences are  complete and simple,  sentences of 
Sentence No complete sentences not complete, little  attempts are made at  varying lengths; 
____
structure variety varying sentence  sentences begin 
length differently

Some grammar,  Relatively few  Very few or no 

Many grammar, 
spelling punctuation,  grammar, spelling,  grammar, spelling 
spelling, punctuation, 
Mechanics or capitalization  punctuation, or  punctuation, or  ____
or capitalization errors
errors capitalization errors capitalization errors

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