ENGL 101

M. McCampbell
Fall 2015

e-Portfolio Assessment Project

Scoring Rubric for Reflective Essay
Topic

Does not meet C

criteria

Meets C criteria

Exceeds C criteria

0 2 points

3 points

4 5 points

Introduction 0 5 pts
>

One or two sentences

mentioning ENGL
101; inflated/self
gratuitous statement
about development;
only one sentence
assessing your
development as a
writer.

Introductory
statement about this
semesters
experience in ENGL
101, gives brief
overview of criteria to
discuss and clearly
assesses your
development as a
writer.

Also includes
thoughts, goals, or
misgivings at the
beginning of the
semester and firmly
connects your
assessment with your
goals or expectations.

Para 2: description of
general writing/study
habits throughout the
semester
0 5 points
>

General description
about writing process;
less than 3 specific
details; little or no
mention of change
during the semester

Objective description
of recursive process
(e.g. preparation,
revising, and editing);
include changes in
habits or state some
habits did not change.
Use at least three
specific details.

Objective description
of a variety of
processes involved in
writing and comment
on whether you did or
did not try new
approaches or
strategies

Para 3: ENGL 101

course objectives
from syllabus
0 5 points
>

Identifies fewer than

three objectives from
syllabus, general
comments on change,
no specific details
from essays.

Identifies three
objectives from
course syllabus and
comments on any
change (ideally
improvement)
throughout the
semester. Uses
specific comments
from graded papers
or scoring rubric

Identifies and
comments on nature
of improvement, or if
no improvement,
comments on static
results.

Para 4: ENGL 101

Major topics from
syllabus
0 5 points
>

Para 5 Reflective
statement
20 points
>

0 2 points

3 points

4 5 points

Identifies fewer than

three major topics
from syllabus, general
comments on change,
no specific details
from essays.

Identifies three major

topics from course
syllabus and
comments on any
change (ideally
improvement)
throughout the
semester. Uses
specific comments
from graded papers
or scoring rubric

Identifies and
comments on nature
of improvement, or if
no improvement,
comments on static
results.

0 10 points

11 15 points

16 20 points

Offers a general
judgment;
Judgment is not
clearly supported with
examples from
paragraphs 2 4;
Uses fewer than three
specific details;
Shows little insight or
reasoning about your
development
Inflated assessment
of development.

Makes a clear
judgment of
development as a
writer through the
course of the
semester. The
judgment may be
mixed: improvement
in some areas, no
change in others,
frustration in some
areas, a sense of
achievement in
others. Connects
judgment with at least
three specific details
from paragraphs 2
4, and shows some
insight or reasoning
about why you
improved did not
improve.

In addition, the areas

of improvement/no
improvement are
clearly represented in
the examples and
clearly related to
course goals and
objectives.
Comments also will
include your insight
connecting your study
habits, personal
expectations, and
strengths and
weaknesses with the
more specific course
objectives.

0 4 points

5 7 points

8 10 points

Composition,
grammar, and
mechanics

Essay is too short

significantly fewer
than 400 words
No topic sentences
Overuse of second
person pronoun
Poor proofreading
Distracting grammar
errors

Essay is at least 400

words
Every paragraph has
a topic sentence
Every paragraph is
coherent and
completely developed
One or two second
person pronouns slip
in; one or two p/a agr
errors
3 grammar &
mechanics errors

Essay does not have

to be 600 words, but
all ideas are clearly
and completely
developed.
One or two grammar,
spelling, and
mechanics errors.