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Things Fall Apart – Essay Rubric

ELEMENT 4–A 3 –B 2-C 1 –D/F

INTRODUCTION Highly Appropriate Opening is functional Ineffective, unclear,
/THESIS engaging/sophisticate introduction that but either too brief or or missing large
STATEMENT d introduction that introduces topic doesn’t contain some amounts of necessary
introduces topic with with a hook but necessary information information.
a hook that inspires may not be like a hook, or
thinking about topic; particularly background
provides specific thought information, or thesis
background info on provoking; statement is not clear.
sources and logically provides
proceeds to a clear, background info
well stated thesis. and logically
proceeds to a
clear thesis.
ANALYSIS/BOD Sophisticated, critical, Adequate Missing analysis or Several errors, no
Y PARAGRAPHS analytical analysis analysis which incomplete; mistakes evidence, does not
which demonstrates a demonstrates about the texts, connect to thesis
deep understanding of knowledge of missing statement.
texts; clearly provides the texts; connections/inferences
background inferences that ; does not provide
information on are mostly enough textual
quotes; sophisticated supported by evidence or is not well
inferences which are evidence; some developed. Perhaps 2-3
well supported with connections back sentences.
evidence ; effective to the thesis; less
connections back to well developed,
thesis throughout; perhaps 4-5
well developed over sentences.
8-10 sentences
ORGANIZATION Typed, 12 pt. Times Some mistakes Several mistakes in Several mistakes in
new Roman (or other in either: format, either format, font size structure/organizatio
appropriate) font, font size, font or type or paragraph n that majorly
complete paragraph type, paragraph structure, sometimes distract from the
structure, heading, structure, distracts from the words of the essay.
etc. Proper however essay words of the essay.
indentation. mostly
structured well.

GRAMMAR/ Completely free of Mostly free of Several Several

MECHANICS grammar/spelling grammar/spellin grammatical/spelling grammatical/spelling
errors, variety of g errors; some errors that sometimes errors that often
sentence structures sentence variety; distract the reader. distract the reader,
no attempt to
proofread.