MONTANA 1948 ESSAY RUBRIC
Introduction
NAME______________________________
o Provides smooth transition of ideas from effective
attention-grabber to background information
o Identifies the author and title of novel
o Provides a brief summary of the story’s plot.
o Addresses assigned prompt
o Thesis is placed last
/10
o Thesis includes topic, position, and three parallel reasons
Body paragraphs
o Includes two effective quotations using proper MLA
integration and punctuation, per paragraph
 Gives thorough context
 Gives signal phrase with speaker and verb
 Effectively explains significance.
Conclusion
/30
Thesis restated, worded differently
o Summarizes the main ideas of your body paragraphs.
o Ends with broad statement – what might be the author’s
broader message about life?
Grammar
o Verb tenses
MLA format
o Sentence fragments
MLA header
/10
1st/2nd person
comma splices
citation format
TOTAL
/10
/60
MONTANA 1948 ESSAY RUBRIC
Introduction
NAME______________________________
o Provides smooth transition of ideas from effective
attention-grabber to background information
o Identifies the author and title of novel
o Provides a brief summary of the story’s plot.
o Addresses assigned prompt
o Thesis is placed last
/10
o Thesis includes topic, position, and three parallel reasons
Body paragraphs
o Includes two effective quotations using proper MLA
integration and punctuation, per paragraph
 Gives thorough context
 Gives signal phrase with speaker and verb
 Effectively explains significance.
Conclusion
/30
o Thesis restated.
o Summarizes the main ideas of your body paragraphs.
/10
o Ends with broad statement – What might be the author’s
broader message about life?
Grammar
o Verb tenses
MLA format
o Sentence fragments
MLA header
TOTAL
1st/2nd person
comma splices
citation format
/10
/60