Score 5-Exemplary Achievement Score 5- Response to Lit/Expo Text

VMHS

Writing Rubric

Response to Literary/Expository Text

Hipp’s Class

Score 5-Exemplary Achievement Score 5- Response to Lit/Expo Text:
Student work at this level is excellent, *demonstrates a thorough, thoughtful, and
it presents well-articulated, insightful responses. comprehensive understanding of text.
* accurately and coherently provides specific
The work: textual details and examples to support thesis.
*Clearly addresses all parts of the prompt. * demonstrates a clear understanding of the
*Provides a meaningful thesis and focus. ambiguities, nuances, and complexities of a text.
*Demonstrates purposeful control of organization. RESPONSE TO INFORMATIONAL TEXT:
*Thoughtfully supports the thesis with relevant concrete details * Thoughtfully anticipates and addresses the
and examples. reader’s potential misunderstandings, biases, and
*Maintains a consistent tone. expectations.
*Provides a variety of sentence patterns and uses precise language. RESPONSE TO LITERARY TEXT:
*Demonstrates a clear understanding of purpose and audience. *Clearly demonstrates an awareness of the
*Contains few, if any, errors in English conventions. author’s use of literary/stylistic devices.
Score 4-Commendable Achievement Score 4-Response to Lit/Expo:
Student work at this level is strong and presents thoughtful *demonstrates a comprehensive understanding
responses. The work: of the text.
*completely addresses all parts of the prompt. *accurately and coherently provides specific
* provides a clear thesis and focus. textual details and examples to support thesis.
*demonstrates consistent control of organization. * demonstrates an understanding of the ambig-
*supports the thesis with relevant concrete details uities, nuances and complexities of the text.
and examples. RESPONSE TO INFORMATION TEXT:
*maintains a consistent tone. anticipates and addresses the reader’s
potential misunderstandings, biases and
*provides a variety of sentence patterns and uses expectations.
effective language. RESPONSE TO LIT. PASSAGES
*demonstrates an understanding of purpose and audience. Clearly demonstrates an awareness of the
*contains few, if any, errors in the conventions on the language. author’s use of literary/stylistic devices.
Score 3-Grade Level Achievement Response to Lit/Expo Text:
Student work at this level is competent. The work *demonstrates an understanding of the text.
*addresses all parts of the writing prompt. * accurately and coherently provides some textual
* provides a thesis and a focus detail.
*demonstrates control of organization * demonstrates some understanding of ambiguities
*maintains a consistent tone nuances, and complexities of the text.
*provides a variety of sentence patterns and
uses some precise language.
*demonstrates some understanding of audience
and purpose.
*contains some errors in the conventions of language that *Demonstrates an awareness of the author’s use of
do not entirely interfere with the reader’s literary/stylistic devices.
understanding of the essay.
Score 2-Approaching Proficiency
Student work at this level is basic. It demonstrates a limited understanding of the text.
The work:
*addresses the prompt and provides few, if any, textual details and examples to support the thesis and main ideas.
*demonstrates little, if any, control of organization.
*demonstrates very little understanding of the ambiguities, nuances, or complexities of the text.
*attempts to support the thesis with limited concrete details and examples.
*lacks consistent tone
*provides few sentence variety and uses imprecise language.
*demonstrates little understanding of purpose or audience.
*contains several errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding of the essay.
*may demonstrate an awareness of the author’s use of literary and stylistic devices.
Score 1- Limited Evidence of Achievement
*may not address the writing prompt.
*provides weak, if any, thesis; fails to maintain focus.
*demonstrates little, or no control or organization.
*lacks consistent tone.
*lacks sentence variety and uses imprecise language.
*demonstrates little or no sense of audience
*contains serious errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding
of the essay.
*little understanding of the text and no understanding of ambiguities or nuances of the text.
*fails to address reader’s possible bias.
*fails to demonstrate an awareness of the author’s use of literary or stylistic devices.
12th Grade Writing Conventions
*Demonstrates control of grammar, diction and paragraph & sentence structure.
*Produces legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct punctuation.
*Reflects appropriate formatting (MLA).
Is able to understand the difference between general writing and specific writing.