| ESSAY EVALUATION |
CONTROLLING IDEA/UNITY/THESIS |
| Excellent -- 5 points |
Good -- 3 points |
Needs substantial revision -- 1 |
| Clear and focused; supports well-stated thesis |
content too broad; does not indicate direction; leans towards fact only;
unsophisticated-3 point thesis |
unclear; content/thesis conflict; no position |
ORGANIZATION |
| Excellent -- 5 |
Good -- 3 |
Needs substantial revision -- 1 |
| Clear transitions; meaningful ordering of ideas within paragraphs and within the piece
as a whole; introduction and conclusion frame essay |
interrupted flow of ideas; ineffective introduction and/or conclusion; rhetorical
strategies not consistently used; weak transitions |
ineffective or unclear ordering; no logical progression of thought; lack of
transitions between ideas. |
DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT |
| Excellent -- 5 |
Good -- 3 |
Needs substantial revision -- 1 |
| Sufficient, relevant supporting details; piece teaches the reader; ample specificity |
support is evident but sparse paragraphs lack adequate development |
inadequate, irrelevant details. |
EXPRESSION |
| Excellent -- 5 |
Good -- 3 |
Needs substantial revision -- 1 |
| Specific vivid vocabulary; sentence variety; appropriate diction; language supports
purpose |
little sentence variety; minimal mastery of vocabulary use; inaccurate or little
subordination/ coordination usage; parallelism problems |
cliche´s; diction use. |
WRITER ENGAGEMENT |
| Excellent -- 5 |
Good -- 3 |
Needs substantial revision -- 1 |
| Creative thinking; considers audience response; relies upon looking at old ideas in a
new way |
shows some "voice" some creative ideas |
minimal writer involvement; no "new" ideas |
MECHANICS |
| Excellent -- 5 |
Good -- 3 |
Needs substantial revision -- 1 |
| Demonstrates mastery of conventions |
a variety of errors; spelling, punctuation, run-ons, capitalization, subject/verb
agreement pronoun reference, fragments, etc. comma splices, |
errors impede understanding |