WRITING RUBRIC

 

PROFESSIONAL A

QUALITY B

ACCEPTABLE C

NOT ACCEPTABLE REDO

Organization

1. Excellent clarity

2. Logical

3. Good Transitions

1. Logical but incomplete order

2. Weak Transitions

3. Clarity present

1. Poor clarity

2. Illogical order

3. Lacks transition

1. No organization

2. Unclear

Formatting

1. APA used appropriately

2. Quality print

3. Proper spacing

4. Appropriate paragraph format

5. No 2 sentence paragraphs

6. Proper indentation

1. APA mostly used appropriately

2. Quality print

3. Indention problems

4. Mostly appropriate paragraph format

5. Space problems

6. One 2 sentence paragraph present

1. APA use weak

2. Draft quality

3. Space problems

4. Indentation problems

5. Weak paragraph format

6. More than one 2 sentence paragraph present

1. APA not followed

2. Draft quality

3. 3+ space problems

4. 3+ indention problems

5. 3+ paragraph format problems

6. Several 2 sentence paragraphs present

Grammar, Punctuation, and Neatness

1. 1 Error

2. Complete sentences

3. Good word order

4. No punctuation errors

5. Paper Neat

1. 2 errors

2. Mostly complete sentences

3. Good word order

4. Few punctuation errors

5. Paper neat

1. 3 errors

2. Some complete sentences

3. Word order questionable

4. Some punctuation errors

1. 4 errors

2. Weak sentences

3. Poor word order

4. Poor punctuation; many errors

Spelling

1 error

2 errors

3 errors

4 – 5 errors

Subject, Verb tense agreement

Zero Errors

1 Error

2 Errors

3 Errors

Follow Directions

Format as per syllabus followed

Minor formatting problems

Several obvious formatting problems

Format not followed

ONE POINT WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR EACH SPELLING AND GRAMMATICAL ERROR.