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Rubric Grading System for Essay
Criteria
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Support
Develops an
Develop an interesting
Develops an
interesting point of
point of view on the
interesting point of
view on the issue but
issue, demonstrating
view on the issue
is vague or seriously
competent critical
and demonstrates
limited, demonstrating
thinking, uses
strong critical
weak critical thinking,
adequate examples,
thinking which
providing
reasons/
generally uses
inappropriate or
argumentations, or
appropriate
insufficient examples,
other evidence to
examples, reasons/
reasons/
support its position
argumentations, or
argumentations or
other evidence to
other evidence to
support its position
support its position
Organization
Is poorly organized
Is generally organized Is well organized and
and Focus
and/ or focused, or
and focused,
focused,
demonstrates serious
demonstrating some
demonstrating
problems with
coherence and
coherence and
coherence or
progression of ideas
progression of ideas
progression of ideas
Sentence
Demonstrates
Demonstrates some
Demonstrates
Structure
frequent problems in
variety in sentence
meaningful variety in
and word
sentence structure;
structure; reached
sentence structure;
requirement
did not reach 1,000
1,000 words
reached 1,000 words
words
or more
Use of
Displays very little
Displays developing
Displays developing
language
facility in the use of
facility in the use of
facility in the use of
and
language, using very
language, but
language, using
Vocabulary
limited vocabulary or
sometimes uses weak
appropriate
incorrect word choice
vocabulary or
vocabulary
inappropriate word
choice
Timeliness
Submits a day or more
Submits on due time
Submits a day or
after the deadline
more earlier than
the scheduled
deadline
TOTAL SCORE
Checked by:
JOHN C. HILARIO
Teacher
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