GRADING KEY AND RUBRIC

GRADING KEY AND RUBRIC

ESSAY GRADING KEY AND RUBRIC

The symbols and codes below are used to make comments on your essays.  Please use this as a guide to help you figure out the comments that were made on your papers.  

*-YOU DID NOT USE THE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE ESSAY TOPIC.

A0-YOU NEED A THESIS STATEMENT.

A1-YOUR THESIS SHOULD NOT BE IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION.

A2-PLEASE USE THE TASK AND THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT TO CREATE YOUR INTRODUCTION.

A3- YOUR ESSAY REQUIRES INTENSIVE EDITTING FOR GRAMMAR AND/OR STYLE.

B1- YOU ARE MISSING THE TOPIC SENTENCES FOR YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS.

B2- YOU ARE MISSING REFERENCES TO THE DOCUMENTS.  THE SECOND SENTENCE OF YOUR BODY PARAGRAPH SHOULD BEGIN WITH, “ACCORDING TO DOCUMENT….”(If you received this comment your 3rd score-form and organization- was automatically a 2)

C1- PLEASE DO NOT WRITE WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS LIKE, “I”, “WE”, “THIS ESSAY…”

C2- MISSING OUTSIDE INFORMATION IN ONE OR MORE PARAGRAPHS.

C3- PLEASE WRITE SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

C4- YOUR STATEMENT(S) IS UNCLEAR.

A4- YOUR THESIS SHOULD BE BASED OFF OF THE TASK.

C5- PLEASE CORRECT YOUR FACTS.

D1- YOU ARE MISSING THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF AN ESSAY.

D2- YOU DID NOT ADDRESS A MAJOR PART OF THE TASK.

Your essays will be given 3 grades, one for 1) punctuality, 2) content and 3) essay form and organization.   Each piece will be graded out of 5.

PUNCTUALITY

5-HANDED IN THE DAY IT WAS DUE

4-HANDED IN ONE DAY LATE

3-HANDED IN TWO DAYS LATE

2-HANDED IN THREE DAYS LATE

1-HANDED IN FOUR DAYS LATE

0-HANDED IN MORE THAN FOUR DAYS LATE

·      CONTENT

THIS WILL BE MEASURED BASED ON HOW CLOSELY YOU STAY TO THE TOPIC IN YOUR WRITING.

ESSAY FORM

5-

·      HAS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PARAGRAPHS.

·      HAS AN INTRODUCTION, BODY PARAGRAPHS AND CONCLUSION WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTS (THESIS, TOPIC SENTENCES, DOCUMENT REFERENCES).

·      EXCELLENT GRAMMAR.

4-

·      HAS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PARAGRAPHS.

·      HAS AN INTRODUCTION, BODY PARAGRAPHS AND CONCLUSION WITH MOST OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTS (THESIS, TOPIC SENTENCES, DOCUMENT REFERENCES).

·      EXCELLENT GRAMMAR.

3-

·      HAS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PARAGRAPHS.

·      HAS AN INTRODUCTION, BODY PARAGRAPHS AND CONCLUSION WITH SOME OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTS (THESIS, TOPIC SENTENCES, DOCUMENT REFERENCES).

·      GOOD GRAMMAR BUT SHOULD DO SOME LIGHT EDITTING.

2-

·      HAS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PARAGRAPHS.

·      IS STRUGGLING WITH ORGANIZING IDEAS INTO THE STANDARD ESSAY STRUCTURE.

·      ESSAY NEEDS TO BE PROOFREAD FOR SERIOUS GRAMMAR AND STYLE ISSUES.

1-

·      IS STRUGGLING WITH WRITING THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PARAGRAPHS.

·      IS STRUGGLING WITH ORGANIZING IDEAS INTO THE STANDARD ESSAY STRUCTURE.

·      ESSAY NEEDS TO BE PROOFREAD FOR SERIOUS GRAMMAR AND STYLE ISSUES.

Keep in mind the point of doing the DBQ essay is os that you don't rely too much on the internet or the textbooks.  

You should be able to write your essay with information from the documents and what you remember about the topic.