GELO
A. Read critically to
annotate, analyze,
synthesize, and
evaluate texts
B. Composed
organized and
coherent sourcebased essays that
demonstrate critical
thinking and
rhetorical strategies
C. Demonstrated
control over all
major conventions
of standard English
grammar and
punctuation
D. Selected and
integrated reliable,
credible, and
scholarly sources to
support essays
using a standard
documentation
format
ENGLISH 1A GELO ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
Meets GELO
Developing GELO
The essay responds to texts
The essay responds to texts
in a way that shows sufficient but does not show sufficient
critical thinking.
critical thinking. For
example, the author repeats
the ideas in a quote instead
of engaging with them or
makes illogical or confusing
inferences from them.
The essay has at least a
The essay attempts but does
workable thesis and supports not sufficiently develop a
it with sufficient evidence.
workable thesis and/or the
The order of ideas is
order of ideas is insufficiently
sufficiently clear and logical.
clear and logical.
No Evidence of GELO
The essay does not respond
to texts or does so in a totally
incoherent way.
The essay does not have a
thesis. The arrangement of
ideas is totally unclear and
illogical.
The sentences are sufficiently
clear and error-free. There
may be mistakes but they do
not interfere with meaning
too much.
The grammar and/or
punctuation errors make the
sentences regularly unclear.
The essay shows no control
over grammar or punctuation.
The author uses a sufficient
number of reliable sources
using clear in-text citations.
Author attempts to introduce
and contextualize sources.
Works Cited page contains
minor formatting errors.
The author uses an
insufficient number of
reliable sources and/or
uneven or incorrect use of
in-text citations. Writer rarely
introduces and contextualizes
sources. Works Cited page
contains frequent formatting
errors.
The author uses few or no
reliable sources. No Works
Cited page, or a Works Cited
page is offered with many
major formatting errors.