|
Score |
Content |
Organization |
Language Usage |
Style |
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4 |
- Has a clear focus and/or thesis statement
- Demonstrates thorough research using multiple sources
- Is accurate and has lots of good details
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- Has well-organized introduction and conclusion.
- Is logical and easy to follow
- Contains good and specific examples
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- Uses strong, precise, varied language
- Has no grammatical or spelling errors
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- Captures reader’s interest
- Is written for a specific audience
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|
3 |
- Can recognize focus or thesis statement
- Demonstrates research using more than one source
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- Contains introduction and conclusion
- Is logical
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- Uses appropriate, ordinary words
- Has only a few grammatical and spelling errors
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- Keeps reader’s attention most of the time
- Remembers most of the audience.
|
|
2 |
- Is not clearly focused-thesis is vague
- Shows lack of research
- Some details, but not enough to support the topic, or is inaccurate
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- Needs introduction and conclusion
- Hard to follow-wanders around
- Needs better examples and more detail
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- Uses incorrect words
- Contains grammatical and spelling errors
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- Needs to keep reader’s attention
- Doesn’t care about the audience
|
|
1 |
- Has no focus or thesis
- Shows no evidence of research
- Details are off the topic or inaccurate
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- Needs introduction and conclusion
- Really hard to follow
- No examples or details that add to understanding of topic
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- Uses incorrect words
- Frequent grammatical and spelling errors
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- Needs to keep reader’s attention
- Doesn’t care about the audience
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