General Analytic Writing Rubric

General Analytic Writing Rubric

 

	Traits	4	3	2	1
1	Introduction
2	Paragraph development
3	Transitions
4	Variation of sentences
5	Spelling and grammar
6	Coherence
7	Articulation of report
8	Conclusion
9	In-Text citation and references
10	Subject Matter Relevancy

 

Scoring:       /40

10-23 Does not meet expectations

24-35 Meets expectations

36-40 Exceeds expectations

Guidelines: General Analytic Writing Rubric 

Evaluators should rank each piece of writing on the following criteria on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest)

1. Introduction

1 = no or poor introduction.

2= some introduction; nothing beyond a forecast.

3= clear introduction; with some forecast.

4= introductiongrasps reader’s attention (engages the reader) and forecasts all major points.

 

2. Paragraph development

1 = no clear paragraphs; unclear topic sentence; poor development;

2 = poor paragraphs with unclear topic sentence; multiple topics; little development

3 = some structure and development of paragraphs and/or some with clear topic sentences or focus,

but not consistently.

4 = paragraphs are consistently well developed, with a clear topic sentence and appropriate number

of sentences that provide examples and develop points.

 

3. Transitions

1 = no or poor transition; poor flow

2 = little transition between paragraphs; poor flow

3 = some transition or flow between paragraphs; partial structure to argument

4 = strong and/or consistent transition between points in essay; strong flow

 

4. Variation of sentences

1 = no variation of sentences; poor monotonous use of sentence type. (length/ complexity).

2 = little variation of sentences; monotonous use of sentence type. (length/ complexity).

3 = some variation of sentences. Sentences of varying length or type, but not varied effectively.

4 = effective variation of sentence length and type.

 

5. Spelling and grammar

1 = many spelling and/or grammatical mistakes.

2 = some spelling and/or grammatical mistakes.

3= a few spelling and/or grammatical mistakes.

4 = no spelling and/or grammatical mistakes.

 

6. Coherence

1 = lack of coherence; i.e. mismatch between the report and the body; tangents

2 = occasional tangents; repetition

3 = a few tangents; repetition

4 = every paragraph works to support the report; “linked” paragraphs

 

7. Articulation of report

1 = no or poor articulation of report

2 = little articulation of report.

3 = some clear articulation of report

4 = clear and sound articulation of report or argument.

 

8. Conclusion

1 = no or poor conclusion or summary of argument

2 = some conclusion or summary of argument

3 = clear summary of points made, but nothing beyond summary; no broad conclusions/lessons

4 = a conclusion going beyond a clear summary of what was written in the body of the essay.

 

9. In-Text citation and references

1= No citation at All.

2= Only some reference are cited.

3= References are written correctly according to APA style of citation.

4= References and in-text are cited correctly according to APA style of citation.

 

10. Subject Matter Relevancy

1= No or Poor Relevancy to the Topic.

2= little or inadequate discussion of the topic.

3= Some discussion on the topic.

4= Sufficient discussion of the topic.