Rubric for Essay: High School!

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Criteria 1 2 3 4 Score
The essay is The essay is The essay is
The essay poorly
focused on topic focused on the focused,
Focus/ Main addresses topic
and includes few topic and purposeful, and
Point and includes
loosely related includes relevant reflects clear
irrelevant ideas
ideas ideas insight and ideas

Persuasively
Supports main Supports main
supports main
Provides little or point with some point with
point with well-
Support no support for the underdeveloped developed
developed
main point reasons and/or reasons and/or
reasons and/or
examples examples
examples

Organization & Effectively

Little or no Some
Format! Organizes ideas organizes ideas
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(Paragraphs,
organization of
ideas to build an
organization of
ideas to build an
to build an
argument
to build a logical,
coherent
argument argument
Transitions) argument

Effective and
Little or no use of creative use of
Language Use, Appropriate use
elements of style! Some use of elements of style
Style &
Conventions!
! elements of style!
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of elements of
style!
to enhance
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(Sentence
Many errors in
grammar, Contains
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Uses correct
meaning!
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spelling, and frequent errors in Uses correct
structure, word grammar,
punctuation, grammar, grammar,
choice, grammar, spelling, and
makes reader’s spelling, and spelling,
spelling, punctuation with
comprehension punctuation punctuation
punctuation) few errors
difficult throughout with
very few errors

Distinctive
Sufficient experimentation
experimentation with language
No Very little
with language and usage to
Originality! experimentation experimentation
! nor enhancement to enhance
and usage to
enhance
enhance
concepts!
(Expression of
the theme in a
of concepts!
! concepts!
! concepts!
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Applies higher
creative way) No adherence to Does not exhibit
Applies basic order thinking
the theme creativity
creative skills to and creative skills
relay ideas to relay complex
ideas

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 Rubric for Artwork: High School!

1! 2! 3!
Criteria Score
Poor Quality Good Quality Excellent Quality

No evidence of skill
Demonstrates some Demonstrates strong skills
development in the
Craftmanship skills with the media; with the media, technically
media; little technical
technically proficient accomplished
competency

Composition lacking
Composition is cohesively
a cohesive
unified!
Formal Qualities
Composition lacking
a cohesive
appearance!
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Strong integration of
appearance Some integration of
elements and principles of
elements and
design
principles of design

Does not exhibit

innovative thinking -
Exhibits innovative
very little Exhibits distinct
thinking - sufficient
experimentation to experimentation and
experimentation to
enhance concepts! innovation to enhance
Creativity !
Does not exhibit
enhance concepts!
! creative concepts!
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Some visible
creative thinking skills Strong apparent
connection to the
-uses unoriginal or connection to the theme
theme
over-used images
and/or approach

Poor interpretation
Interpretation of and communication Adequate
Excellent interpretation
Topic! of thematic concepts interpretation and
! due to inappropriate
or inadequate images
communication of
thematic concepts
and communication of
thematic concepts
or thoughts