WRITING RUBRIC
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PROFESSIONAL A |
QUALITY B |
ACCEPTABLE C |
NOT ACCEPTABLE REDO |
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| 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.