Writer ____________________________ Essay Scoring Form Scorer _________________________

Score _____

4 3 2 1
Sharply focused on the topic Focused on topic Partially focused on Not focused on topic
Clear thesis Clear thesis the topic No thesis
lists points Body s mostly focused Thesis is unclear or Disorganized s
uses language of the prompt on topic off topic contain extraneous
Body s focused on single point Fulfils purpose Body s contain ideas
Focus clear topic sentence counter argument multiple/extraneous Does not explain or
Purpose Clearly addresses the purpose acknowledged ideas argue effectively
Counter argument strongly Routine intro and Does not explain or Lacks clear beginning,
Organization rebutted conclusion argued clearly middle, end
Satisfying intro and conclusion Mostly logical progression of Abrupt or ineffective Ideas are disconnected
Logical progression of ideas of ideas intro and conclusion and jump around
_____pts Clear transitions Some transitions used Ideas loosely No transitions
Demonstrates mature and Goes beyond surface connected Doesnt demonstrate
insightful thinking thinking Little transition understanding of text
Strong text examples that show Adequate text examples Examples are few Few or no examples,
instead of tell support ideas and weak lacking relevance to
relevant and convincing May rely too heavily on Examples may not topic
insightful and mature one text be fully text based Does not demonstrate
Multiple examples taken from all Elaboration is superficial Connection to thesis is understanding of text
Support text selections Connection to thesis is not established Connection to thesis is
Elaboration of examples adequate Imprecise use of tenuous/non-existent
Connection to the thesis is clearly Vocab and language is on vocab and language Very basic vocab and
_____pts established grade level Basic, unvaried language
High level vocab and language Some sentence variety sentence structure Sentence structure
Varied sentence structure impaired by errors
Few spelling errors Problems spelling
Few punctuation errors everyday words
Few capitalization Many punctuation
errors errors
Subject/verb Many capitalization
Mechanics agreement errors
Consistent verb tense Errors of subject/verb
used agreement
_____pts s indented Inconsistent verb
tense

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