Informative Rubric (1) (1) Informative Rubric (1) (1) Criteria Ratings Pts Purpose, Focus and Organization view longer description 5 pts Excellent The main idea is easy to find. All the ideas are connected to the topic through explanation. 4 pts Mastery The main idea is easy to find. The examples and details are linked to the topic, but not well explained. 3 pts Good Job The main idea is easy to find. Most of the ideas are connected to the topic. 2 pts Needs Improvement The main idea may be hard to find. The examples and details are not connected. 1 pts Needs Help The writing is difficult to understand. / 5 pts Purpose, Focus and Organization view longer description 5 pts Excellent The tone is academic, nothing is written in a personal manner. 4 pts Mastery The tone is objective but not academic, missing the precise academic vocabulary. 3 pts Good Job The writer used personal pronouns and or did not stay objective. 2 pts Needs Improvement There are many personal pronouns, it is informal. 1 pts Needs Help It is unclear what kind of style the writer used. It is personal. / 5 pts Purpose, Focus and Organization view longer description 5 pts Excellent There are full introduction and concluding paragraphs. The ideas build on each other in an order that makes sense. 4 pts Mastery There are introductory and concluding paragraphs. The order of ideas makes sense. 3 pts Good Job The introduction and or conclusion may be missing information. 2 pts Needs Improvement Missing either the introduction or conclusion. 1 pts Needs Help The essay was written as one paragraph. No clear organization of ideas. / 5 pts Purpose, Focus and Organization view longer description 5 pts Excellent Transition words and phrases are used between paragraphs and in the paragraphs to move from one idea to the next smoothly. 4 pts Mastery Transition words and phrases are used, but may be repeated, or simple 3 pts Good Job The essay may be missing transitions, and/ or the ideas sound more like a list than a paragraph. 2 pts Needs Improvement There are few to no transitions, and the ideas are listed. 1 pts Needs Help It is difficult to follow the ideas, there is no clear order. / 5 pts Evidence and Elaboration view longer description 5 pts Excellent The evidence adds important information about the topic. The evidence fits into the writer's’ own sentences. 4 pts Mastery The evidence adds important information but is not smoothly integrated into the paragraphs. 3 pts Good Job There is an attempt to explain but many points are unclear or not connected. 2 pts Needs Improvement The ideas are not explained, a few examples are listed without support 1 pts Needs Help The writer does not understand the topic. Many ideas do not make sense. / 5 pts Evidence and Elaboration view longer description 5 pts Excellent Every example is well explained. The reader is not asked to assume information. 4 pts Mastery Most of the examples are well explained. Only one or two points need to be inferred. 3 ...

1. Informative Rubric (1) (1)
Informative Rubric (1) (1)
Criteria
Ratings
Pts
Purpose, Focus and Organization
view longer description
5 pts
Excellent
The main idea is easy to find. All the ideas are connected to the
topic through explanation.
4 pts
Mastery
The main idea is easy to find. The examples and details are
linked to the topic, but not well explained.
3 pts
Good Job
The main idea is easy to find. Most of the ideas are connected
to the topic.
2 pts
Needs Improvement
The main idea may be hard to find. The examples and details
are not connected.
1 pts
Needs Help
The writing is difficult to understand.
/ 5 pts
Purpose, Focus and Organization
view longer description
5 pts
Excellent

2. The tone is academic, nothing is written in a personal manner.
4 pts
Mastery
The tone is objective but not academic, missing the precise
academic vocabulary.
3 pts
Good Job
The writer used personal pronouns and or did not stay objective.
2 pts
Needs Improvement
There are many personal pronouns, it is informal.
1 pts
Needs Help
It is unclear what kind of style the writer used. It is personal.
/ 5 pts
Purpose, Focus and Organization
view longer description
5 pts
Excellent
There are full introduction and concluding paragraphs. The
ideas build on each other in an order that makes sense.
4 pts
Mastery
There are introductory and concluding paragraphs. The order of
ideas makes sense.
3 pts
Good Job
The introduction and or conclusion may be missing information.
2 pts
Needs Improvement
Missing either the introduction or conclusion.
1 pts
Needs Help
The essay was written as one paragraph. No clear organization
of ideas.
/ 5 pts

3. Purpose, Focus and Organization
view longer description
5 pts
Excellent
Transition words and phrases are used between paragraphs and
in the paragraphs to move from one idea to the next smoothly.
4 pts
Mastery
Transition words and phrases are used, but may be repeated, or
simple
3 pts
Good Job
The essay may be missing transitions, and/ or the ideas sound
more like a list than a paragraph.
2 pts
Needs Improvement
There are few to no transitions, and the ideas are listed.
1 pts
Needs Help
It is difficult to follow the ideas, there is no clear order.
/ 5 pts
Evidence and Elaboration
view longer description
5 pts
Excellent
The evidence adds important information about the topic. The
evidence fits into the writer's’ own sentences.
4 pts
Mastery
The evidence adds important information but is not smoothly
integrated into the paragraphs.
3 pts
Good Job
There is an attempt to explain but many points are unclear or
not connected.
2 pts

4. Needs Improvement
The ideas are not explained, a few examples are listed without
support
1 pts
Needs Help
The writer does not understand the topic. Many ideas do not
make sense.
/ 5 pts
Evidence and Elaboration
view longer description
5 pts
Excellent
Every example is well explained. The reader is not asked to
assume information.
4 pts
Mastery
Most of the examples are well explained. Only one or two
points need to be inferred.
3 pts
Good Job
The evidence is on topic, but it is stuck into the paragraphs.
2 pts
Needs Improvement
The evidence does not add to the topic but repeats, or is off
topic.
1 pts
Needs Help
Evidence is missing.
/ 5 pts
Evidence and Elaboration
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5 pts
Excellent
The word choice is specific and adds depth to the ideas.
Academic vocabulary adds to the meaning and shows a deep
understanding of the topic.

5. 4 pts
Mastery
The word choice is specific. Academic vocabulary adds to the
meaning and shows an understanding of the topic.
3 pts
Good Job
The word choice is appropriate to the topic, but is missing
academic language.
2 pts
Needs Improvement
The word choice is very simple. There is no topic specific, or
academic language used.
1 pts
Needs Help
The word choice is inappropriate for the assignment.
/ 5 pts
Evidence and Elaboration
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5 pts
Excellent
There are simple, compound, and complex sentences of different
lengths that flow smoothly into each other.
4 pts
Mastery
There are simple, compound, and complex sentences of different
lengths
3 pts
Good Job
There is some variety in the sentence types.
2 pts
Needs Improvement
The sentences are choppy, listing information instead of tying
ideas together.
1 pts
Needs Help
Many sentences are run-ons and/or incomplete.

6. / 5 pts
Conventions
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5 pts
Excellent
Only two or three errors.
4 pts
Mastery
There are a few errors but they do not make it difficult to
understand.
3 pts
Good Job
A few errors interfere with the meaning of ideas.
2 pts
Needs Improvement
Many errors make it difficult to follow the ideas of the text.
1 pts
Needs Help
The many errors make the writing hard to understand.
/ 5 pts
References and Citations
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5 pts
Excellent
Every quotation and paraphrase piece of information from
sources is correctly cited. The format for the citations is
consistent.
4 pts
Mastery
All information from the sources is cited, but there are errors in
the citations.
3 pts
Good Job
Some of the source information is not cited.
2 pts
Needs Improvement

7. There are errors in the source information and citations.
1 pts
Needs Help
Information is plagiarized.
/ 5 pts
Total Points: 0