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Writing Workshop 2 (continued)
SCORING GUIDE
Scoring Criteria
Exemplary
The essay
• establishes a strong,
clear claim or position for an appropriate audience
• supports claim with clear reasons and relevant evidence and effective commentary
• anticipates and thoroughly addresses alternate viewpoints
Proficient
The essay
• presents a clear claim
• supports with logical
reasoning with relevant evidence and clear commentary
• anticipates possible audience concerns
Emerging
Incomplete
Ideas
Structure
The essay
• leads with an effective
and engaging
introduction
• effectively
sequences ideas and uses meaningful transitions to clarify relationships among ideas
• provides an insightful conclusion that follows from and supports the position
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The essay
• presents a clear and
focused introduction
• sequences ideas, and
uses transitions to
clarify relationships
• provides a conclusion
that connects the larger ideas presented in the essay.
The essay
• presents a limited or
unfocused thesis or
position
• contains insufficient
reasoning with evidence that sometimes confuses
• does not anticipate potential alternate viewpoints
The essay
• contains an
underdeveloped and/or
unfocused introduction
• presents disconnected
ideas and limited use of
transitions
• contains an
underdeveloped or unfocused conclusion.
The essay
• lacks a clear claim
to be proven
• contains irrelevant
or insufficient
reasoning
• does not present
or address counterclaims
The essay
• contains a minimal
or incomplete
introduction
• uses few or
no meaningful
transitions
• uses a confusing
organization for evidence and ideas
• provides a minimal conclusion or none at all
Use of Language
The essay
• uses a variety of
sentence structures to enhance the persuasive effect
• uses diction deliberately chosen for the topic, audience, and purpose
• effectively and purposefully uses grammatical mood and verbals
• demonstrates technical command of conventions of standard English
The essay
• uses a variety of
sentence structures
• uses diction appropriate
to the topic, audience,
and purpose
• employs grammatical
mood and verbals
• demonstrates
general command
of conventions; with only minor errors in grammar, punctuation, capitalization, or spelling
The essay
• shows limited variety of
sentence structure
• uses inappropriate
diction for the topic,
audience, and purpose
• uses irrelevant
or inappropriate grammatical mood or verbals
• contains errors in grammar, punctuation, capitalization, or spelling that interfere with meaning
The essay
• shows little or no
variety in sentence
structure
• uses inappropriate
diction for the topic, audience, and purpose
• does not use grammatical mood or verbals correctly
• contains
major errors in conventions that interfere with meaning
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