Text-Based Expository Essay Rubric
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Content 5
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Student uses insightful, individual essay-specific factual information from the required text to support their thesis.
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Content 4
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Student uses individual essay-specific factual information from the required text to support their thesis.
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Content 3
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Student uses essay-specific factual information from the required text to support their thesis.
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Content 2
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Student uses factual information from the required text to support their thesis.
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Content 1
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Student uses incorrect factual information from the required text to support their thesis.
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Content 0
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Student uses no factual information from the required text to support their thesis.
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Organization 5
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Student writes in a multi-paragraph format with a clear introduction, development of ideas, conclusion, and complete text-based references.
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Organization 4
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Student writes in a multi-paragraph format with an introduction, development of ideas, conclusion, and text-based references.
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Organization 3
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Student writes in a multi-paragraph format with an introduction, development of ideas, conclusion, and some text-based references. Student's essay goes outside of model.
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Organization 2
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Student writes in a multi-paragraph format and may be missing one of the following: an introduction, development of ideas, conclusion, and text-based references.
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Organization 1
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Student writes in a paragraph format or is missing two or more of the following: an introduction, development of ideas, conclusion, and text-based references.
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Organization 0
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Student does not write in a paragraph format or is missing three or more of the following: an introduction, development of ideas, conclusion, and text-based references.
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Development 5
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Student's ideas are connected (sequentially & logically). Student provides appropriate supporting details.
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Development 4
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Student's ideas are mostly connected (sequentially & logically). Student provides appropriate supporting details most of the time.
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Development 3
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Student's ideas are often connected (sequentially & logically). Student provides appropriate supporting details some of the time.
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Development 2
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Student's ideas are rarely connected (sequentially & logically). Student rarely provides appropriate supporting details.
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Development 1
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Student's ideas are not connected (sequentially & logically). Student does not provide appropriate supporting details.
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Development 0
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Student makes no attempt at connected ideas (sequentially & logically). Student makes no attempt to provide appropriate supporting details.
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Grammatical Structures 5
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Student attempts a variety of structural patterns, uses correct verb tenses, makes errors in passive, conditional, and present perfect.
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Grammatical Structures 4
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Student has some control of simple present/simple past. Student attempts sentences using with and, or, but, so. Student uses some sentences with when, after, before, while, because, if.
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Grammatical Structures 3
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Student is restricted to basic structural patterns like simple present, subject-verb and has some errors. Student has correct usage of because, and/or/but.
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Grammatical Structures 2
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Student makes frequent grammatical errors, or meaning obscured, or The sentence structure is repetitive (or copies from model).
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Grammatical Structures 1
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Student makes serious and frequent grammatical errors. Sentences are mostly fragments and/or 2-3 phrases/simple patterned sentences.
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Grammatical Structures 0
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Student provides no writing AND/OR no comprehensible information.
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Mechanics 5
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Student demonstrates use of periods, commas, and capitals. Student demonstrates use of most conventional spelling.
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Mechanics 4
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Student demonstrates use of periods and capitals with some errors, may use commas with compound and complex sentences. Essay errors occasionally distract from meaning.
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Mechanics 3
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Student demonstrates some punctuation and capitalization though frequent errors OR has occasional spelling errors that distract from meaning.
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Mechanics 2
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Student demonstrates frequent errors, or inconsistent use of punctuation, or spelling may distract from meaning, or invented spelling.
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Mechanics 1
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Student demonstrates a lack of mechanics or has handwriting and/or spelling obscure meaning.
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Mechanics 0
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Student provides no writing or there is no comprehensible information.
