THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG: YOU MAKE THE DECISIONS!!!

SCORING RUBRIC FOR 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Teacher Name: Thomas R. Callahan

Students Name: _________________
US History & Government
CATEGORY
5
4
3
2
1
Thesis
Statement

The thesis
statement is
inviting, states
the main topic
and previews
the structure of
the paper.

Accuracy of
Facts (Content)

All supportive
facts are
reported
accurately.

Support for
Topic (Content)

Relevant,
telling, quality
details give the
reader
important
information that
goes beyond
the obvious or
predictable.
All sentences
are wellconstructed
with varied
structure.

Sentence
Structure
(Sentence
Fluency)

Grammar &
Spelling
(Conventions)

Writer makes
no errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from the
content.

Conclusion
(Organization)

The conclusion
is strong and
leaves the
reader with a
feeling that
they
understand
what the writer
is \\\"getting
at.\\\" All the

The thesis
statement
clearly states
the main
topic and
previews the
structure of
the paper,
but is not
particularly
inviting to
the reader.
Almost all
supportive
facts are
reported
accurately.
Supporting
details and
information
are relevant,
but one key
issue or
portion of the
answer is
unsupported.
Most
sentences
are wellconstructed
with varied
structure.
Writer
makes 1-2
errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from
the content.
The
conclusion is
recognizable
and ties up
almost all
the loose
ends. Many
of the main
ideas are
restated in

The thesis
statement
states the
main topic, but
does not
adequately
preview the
structure of
the paper nor
is it particularly
inviting to the
reader.
Most
supportive
facts are
reported
accurately.
Supporting
details and
information
are relevant,
but several
key issues or
portions of the
answer are
unsupported.
Most
sentences are
wellconstructed
but have a
similar
structure.
Writer makes
3-4 errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from
the content.
The
conclusion is
recognizable,
but does not
tie up several
loose ends.
Some of the
main ideas are
restated in the
conclusion.

There is no
clear thesis
statement,
but does offer
some of the
main topic or
structure of
the paper.

There is no
clear thesis
statement of
the main topic
or structure of
the paper.

Few facts are

reported OR
some are
inaccurately
reported.
Supporting
details and
information
are typically
unclear or
sometimes
not related to
the topic.

NO facts are
reported OR
most are
inaccurately
reported.
Supporting
details and
information
are unclear or
not related to
the topic.

Some
sentences
lack structure
and some
appear
incomplete or
rambling.
Writer makes
more than 4
errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from
the content.
There is no
clear
conclusion,
the paper just
ends. Few of
the main
ideas are
restated in
the
conclusion

Sentences
lack structure
and appear
incomplete or
rambling.

Writer makes
numerous
errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from
the content.
There is no
conclusion,
the paper just
ends. None of
the main ideas
are restated

Score

main ideas are

restated in the
conclusion.

the
conclusion.

GRADING CONVERSION

5.0 = 100%
4.5 = 95%
4.0 = 92%
3.5 = 88%
3.0 = 85%
2.5 = 80%
2.0 = 75%
1.5 = 70%
1.0 = 65%
0.5 = 50%
0 = 0%