Mr. Beckett Name______
English Period______
Fear/Goals Essay Rubric: 80 Points
Materials Due: Thursday, September 29th
Fear/Goals Essays: Final Rubric/Checklist
Explanation: Listed below are all of the areas of expectation and the point values for each area. Please make sure you know what is expected of you.
The Prompts:
Fear Prompt: We all have fears in life, or at least things or places that make us very uncomfortable. In a five-paragraph essay, explain your fears in detail: what are your three biggest fears, how long have you had these fears, and do you expect to overcome these fears?
Goals Prompt: Every person has goals for his/her life. It is an important aspect of motivating ourselves, keeping focused, and making us who we are and will become. In a five-paragraph essay, explain your three biggest goals right now: what are the goals, how long have you had these goals, what do you need to do to accomplish these goals, and when do you expect to achieve these goals?
Area #1: Materials: ____ /15 Points
You will need to hand in all of the following to earn full points:
1. Proper Heading in top left corner (Name, Period, Assignment, Teacher Name)
2. Double-spaced draft, handwritten or typed
3. Fear/Goals organizer (the sheet with the bubbles and boxes that we completed at the beginning)
4. This rubric, with your name on it
Area #2: Five Paragraph Essay Components: ____ /50 Points
Make sure you have all of the following components for your paragraphs:
1. Introduction (7-15 Sentences): ____ /10 Points
a. Attention-Grabber
b. General to specific information
c. Thesis Sentence, with your three body points in order
2. Body Paragraphs (Three Fear/Goals Paragraphs) (7-15 sentences each):
Paragraph One: _____ /10 Points
Paragraph Two: _____ /10 Points
Paragraph Three: _____ /10 Points
a. Topic Sentence
b. At least three EXPLAINED Proofs/Supporting Details (reasons)
c. Conclusion/Clincher/Summary Sentence at the end
3. Conclusion (7-15 sentences): _____ / 10 Points
a. Do you demonstrate that you have looked at your introduction while writing your conclusion?
b. Do you restate your thesis?
c. Do you leave the reader with a sense of completion, a challenge, or an outlook on the future?
Area #4: Grammar and Conventions: _____ /15 Points
Each time you make a mistake listed below, it is minus one (-1), even if it goes over 15 errors (so, you can get a –20 just for grammar if you do not proofread closely):
1. Things you should not have: Using “i” instead of “I”
Making the words “a lot” one word (“a lot”)
Using the “&” symbol instead of the word “and”
Using the word “cuz” instead of “because”
2. Punctuation and Sentences: Are commas used when necessary?
Are the sentences clear (no run-on sentences)?
Are the sentences complete (no fragments or comma splices)?
3. Spelling and Word Usage: Does the essay have correct spelling?
Do you use all of the following correctly: to/two/too, they’re/there/their, it’s/its and any other “pet peeves” we’ve covered?
Point Totals: _____ /80 Points