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Writing Workshop 3 (continued)
SCORING GUIDE
Ideas
Scoring Criteria
Exemplary
The essay
• presents a topic with
a clearly stated and insightful controlling idea
• effectively develops ideas throughout the essay
• supports topic
with specific and relevant facts, evidence, details, and examples to guide understanding of main ideas.
Proficient
The essay
• presents a topic with
a controlling idea
• develops ideas
throughout the essay
• supports topic with
facts, evidence, details, and examples that
guide the reader’s understanding of the main ideas.
Emerging
The essay
• leads with an
effective, engaging
introduction
• effectively
sequences ideas and uses meaningful transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationship among ideas
• provides an insightful conclusion that follows from and supports
the explanation presented.
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The essay
• presents a clear and
focused introduction
• sequences ideas, and
uses transitions to
create coherence
• provides a conclusion
that connects the larger ideas presented in the essay.
The essay
• presents a topic
with an unfocused
controlling idea
• uses few strategies
to develop ideas
• contains insufficient
or vague facts, evidence, details, and examples in an underdeveloped topic that confuses the reader’s understanding of the main ideas.
The essay
• contains an
underdeveloped and/or unfocused introduction
• presents disconnected ideas and limited use of transitions
• contains an underdeveloped or unfocused conclusion.
Incomplete
The essay
• presents a confusing
topic without a
controlling idea
• does not develop
ideas clearly
• uses vague
facts, details, or examples that lead to reader confusion.
Structure
The essay
• does not contain a
clear introduction
• presents
disconnected ideas and uses few or no transitions
• contains a confusing conclusion or no conclusion at all.
Use of Language
The essay
• uses precise diction
deliberately chosen to inform or explain the topic
• uses a variety of sentence structures to enhance the explanation
• utilizes a variety of rhetorical devices to enhance explanation
• demonstrates technical command of conventions of standard English.
The essay
• uses appropriate
diction for the information or explanation
• uses a variety of sentence structures
• uses rhetorical devices
• demonstrates
general command of conventions; minor errors do not interfere with meaning.
The essay
• uses diction that
is inappropriate at times for the information or explanation
• shows little or no variety in sentence structure
• uses few or no rhetorical devices
• demonstrates limited command of conventions; errors interfere with meaning.
The essay
• uses diction that
is inappropriate at times for the information or explanation
• shows no variety in sentence structure
• uses no rhetorical devices
• demonstrates limited command of conventions; multiple errors interfere with meaning.
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