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LeeAcademyLee, Maine USA

Official Assessment2011

Rubric for College Essays

Scoringstandards

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F. StandardEnglishConventions#1: Editwritten workfor standardEnglish spellingand usage.

Little or noevidence ofthe ability to

writecorrectlyusing theconventionsof standardwrittenEnglish.Numerouserrorsstructuraland

grammaticalerrorsinterferewith thereading ofthe piece.

Some evidence oftheability to write

correctlyusing theconventions ofstandard writtenEnglish. Someminor errorsinvolving Parts ofspeech,punctuation, orsentencestructures begin

to interfere withthe reading of thepiece

Sufficient evidenceof theability to write

correctlyusing theconventions ofstandard writtenEnglish.Few errors appearand those involvemore difficultconcepts such ascomma/semicolonusage,

conjunctions, orpossessives; theseerrors are rare anddo not impedereadability.

Sophisticatedevidence ofthe ability to w

correctlyusing theconventions ostandard writtEnglish. Theredemonstrationthe ability to ucomplexstructural orgrammaticaltechniques.

Although notperfect, the piis highly polish

G. Stylistic andRhetoricalAspects of

Displayslittle or noattempt to

Displays partialability to showthe audience the

Displays sufficientawareness ofaudience

Displays richawareness ofaudience, valu

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Writing andSpeaking#9: Writepieces thatreliably supportand providedetails for theexplicitly

statedgeneralizations.

show thefeelings, andcharacteristics of thenarratorthrough use

of details.

scene/situation,feelings, andcharacteristics ofthe narratorthrough use ofdetail, but does

so in ageneralized way.

and task.Consistent useof preciselanguage. Thepiece shows theaudience the

scene/situation,feelings, andcharacteristics ofthe narratorthrough use ofdetail.

and feelings. able tocommunicateexperiences thwill impactaudience in a

manner that wbe bothinteresting anmeaningful.

G. Stylistic andrhetoricalaspects ofwriting andspeaking#8 Write

pieces anddeliver oralpresentationsin a personalstyle, with adiscerniblevoice andeffectivewording.

The essay isworded in aplainmanner.The reader is

unable todiscern anyvoice, tone,attitude, orpersonalityfrom theessay.

The essay isworded in a drymanner but hasmoments ofpersonalized

writing. Thereader is ableonly to discern aslight voice, tone,attitude, orpersonality fromthe essay.

The essay isworded in a solidand creativemanner thatdemonstrates an

individualpersonality. Thereader is able todiscern a voice,tone, attitude, andpersonality that isdistinctive to thisessay.

The essay isworded in a riccreative, andlively manner demonstrates

individualpersonality. Treader is able discern a voicetone, attitude,and personalitthat makes thlanguage becoalive.