Domain 2: Organization
Domain 1: Ideas
Extended Response Rubric NAME: _______________________________ H.R.________________Date:____________
1 (65)
2 (65)
3 (75)
4 (85)
5 (95)
 May announce the topic,
but a controlling idea is
not established
 Little or no focus on the
assigned topic, genre,
and/or purpose
 Unclear supporting ideas
 Development is lacking
due to the brevity of the
response or response
contains insufficient
writing to determine
competence in ideas
 Majority of details are
irrelevant
Domain 3: Style
 Developed controlling
idea that addresses
assigned writing task
 Generally consistent
focus on the assigned
topic
 Most supporting ideas
are developed and
relevant to topic
 Some parts of paper are
well developed, while
others are partially
developed
 Response contains
sufficient information to
address topic as well as
reader concerns and
perspectives
 Well-developed
controlling idea that
addresses the assigned
writing task
 Consistent focus on
the assigned topic
 Supporting ideas and
elaboration are
relevant to the writer’s
topic
 Response contains
specific examples and
details that address
reader concerns and
perspectives
 Fully developed controlling
idea that addresses all
aspects of the assigned task
 Consistent focus on the
assigned topic

Supporting ideas are fully
elaborated throughout the
paper and relevant to the
writer’s topic
1 (65)
2 (65)
3 (75)
4 (85)
5 (95)
 May announce the topic,
but a controlling idea is
not established
 Little or no focus on the
assigned topic, genre,
and/or purpose
 Unclear supporting ideas
 Development is lacking
due to the brevity of the
response or response
contains insufficient
writing to determine
competence in ideas
 Most details irrelevant
 Organization strategy is
formulaic and/or
inappropriate to genre
 Minimal evidence of
sequencing
 Lacks an introduction or
conclusion or an
ineffective introduction or
conclusion
 Unrelated ideas grouped
together
 Limited use of transitions
 Lacks brevity
 Overall organizational
strategy (intro., body, &
conclusion)is generally
appropriate to writer’s
ideas
 Generally clear sequence
of ideas
 Introduction is
appropriate to writer’s
topic & a clear
conclusion
 Related ideas generally
grouped together
 Transitions link parts of
paper
 Overall organizational
strategy (intro., body,
& conclusion)is
appropriate to writer’s
ideas
 Logical sequencing of
ideas across paper
 Introduction sets the
stage, and conclusion
ends the writing
without repetition
 Related ideas grouped
together
 Varied transitions link
parts of paper
 Overall organizational
strategy (intro., body, &
conclusion)is appropriate to
writer’s ideas
 Logical and appropriate
sequencing of ideas within
and across paper
 Introduction engages and
sets the stage, and
conclusion provides closure
 Uses effective and varied
transitional elements to link
parts of the paper, ideas,
paragraphs, sentences
1 (65)
Domain 4: Conventions
 Minimally developed
controlling idea that
addresses some aspect of
assignment
 Limited focus on the
assigned topic, genre, and
purpose
 Some ideas partially
developed, while others
are listed without
development
 Lacks sense of
completeness
 Some points may be
irrelevant or inappropriate
for the writer’s audience
and genre
 Language and tone are
flat or inappropriate to
the task
 Word choice is
inaccurate, imprecise,
and/or confusing
 Little or no attention to
audience
 Writer’s voice is not
apparent
 Lack of sentence variety
 Insufficient writing to
determine competence
2 (65)
3 (75)
4 (85)
5 (95)
 Language and tone are
uneven
 Word choice is simple,
ordinary and/or repetitive
 Limited awareness of
audience
 Minimal, inconsistent
voice
 Little variation in sentence
length and structure
 Limited brevity of
response
 Language and tone are
generally consistent
with writer’s purpose
 Awareness of audience
demonstrated in the
introduction, body, or
conclusion
 Voice is clear
 Some variation in
sentence length &
structure
 May include genreappropriate strategies
 Language and tone are
generally consistent
with writer’s purpose
 Word choice is precise
and engaging
 Attention to the
audience in the
introduction, body, &
conclusion
 Consistent voice
 Sentences vary in
length and structure
 Some genreappropriate strategies
 Carefully crafted phrases or
sentences create a sustained
tone
 Varied, precise, & engaging
language (figurative or
technical may be used for
rhetorical effect)
 Sustained attention to the
reader throughout paper
 Consistent & appropriate
voice sustained throughout
paper
 Variety of sentence lengths,
structures, & beginnings
 Variety of genre-appropriate
strategies
1 (65)
2 (65)
3 (75)
 Frequent sentence
fragments, run-ons &
incorrect sentence
 End punctuation incorrect
or lacking
 May contain frequent &
severe error in usage &
mechanics
 Errors interfere with
meaning
 Insufficient writing to
determine convention
competence
 Sentence structure is
awkward w/end
punctuation missing or
incorrect
 May have frequent errors
in usage and/or mechanics
 Minimal control in the 3
components of
conventions(Sentence
formation, Usage,
Mechanics)
 Some errors may interfere
w/ meaning
 Limited brevity of
response
 Simple sentences
formed correctly; some
correct complex and/or
compound sentences w/
occasional errors
 Generally correct usage
w/some errors
 Generally correct
mechanics w/some
errors
 Few errors interfere w/
meaning
4 (85)
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Correct simple,
complex, and/or
compound
sentences/correct end
punctuation
Correct usage w/
some variety of
instances but not in all
elements
Correct mechanics w/
some variety of
instances but not in all
elements
Errors do not interfere
w/ meaning
5 (95)
 Clear and correct simple,
complex, & compound
sentences w/ correct end
punctuation
 Correct usage in a variety of
contexts
 Correct mechanics in a
variety of contexts
 Errors do not interfere w/
meaning