Assignment

1. Free Essay

Component

Weight

1. Paragraph unity and

coherence

40%

2. Supporting idea (on

30%

how to develop the idea)

3. Organization and
flow

30%

1. Thesis Statement

30%

2. Organization and
flow

30%

3. Supporting idea (on

40%

2. Opinion Essay

defending claim,
reference and data still
optional, though)

3. Compare and
Contrast Essay

1. Thesis Statement

20%

4. Cause and Effect

Essay

2. Organization and
flow

20%

3. Supporting idea (on

40%

defending claim, must

be backed up with
reference-data)

5. Summary

4. Language (clarity,
grammar, academic)

20%

1. Main idea

20%

2. Key points

40%

3. Organization and
flow

20%

4. Language (clarity,

20%

grammar, academic)

6. Critique

1. Key points

60%

7. Data Commentary

2. Critic's opinion

40%

1. Completeness (title,

20%

number, source of
table/figure;
location+indicative
summary; HS;
Discussion)

2. Quality of
Highlighting
Statement

50%

3. Quality of
Discussion

30%

45 (D)
No topic sentence

55 (C)

Point and Rubrics Criteria

65 (B-)
70 (B)
75 (B+)

Lacks of unity or has No specific

too many idea in a controlling idea or
paragraph
less specific topic
sentence

No coherence

No supporting idea

Lacks of explanation

Lacks of detail

No organization and
flow

Must improve
organization and
flow

Well organized but

not flowing

No thesis statement Unclear thesis

Less specific or too

broad thesis

No organization and
flow

Must improve
organization and
flow

No supporting idea
or poor argument

Unclear argument

No thesis statement Unclear thesis

No organization and
flow

Needs to be
rewritten
Well organized but
not flowing

Not enough
argument

Not enough support

for argument

Less specific or too

broad thesis

Needs to be
rewritten

Must improve
organization and
flow

Well organized but

not flowing

No supporting idea
or poor argument

No reference or data Unclear argument

Not enough
argument

Not enough
reference or data

Very poor

Unclear: too many

grammati-cal and
sentence errors

Has many
grammatical or
sentence errors

Less formal or
doesn't follow the
academic rules

No main idea

Wrong main idea

Less specific main

idea
Too many/too little
points

Needs to be
rewritten
Clear but incomplete

No specific key point Mostly wrong or

unclear
No organization and
flow

Must improve
organization and
flow

Well organized but

not flowing

Very poor

Unclear: too many

grammati-cal and
sentence errors

Has many
grammatical or
sentence errors

No critique

Mostly wrong or
unclear

Mostly less essential

Less formal or
doesn't follow the
academic rules

No argument

Wrong or unclear
argument

Not enough or too

general argument

Miss all components Miss five (5)

elements

Miss four (4)

elements

Wrong or no
highlighting
statement

Incomplete or
unclear highlighting
statement

No discussion

No clear connection Unfocused

to the highlighting
discussion
statements

Miss three (3)

elements

Miss two (2)

elements

Complete but less

organized
highlighting
statement
Not enough
discussion

80 (A-)

90 (A)
Unified and coherent
paragraph

Quality supporting
idea
Well organized and
flowing
Clear and specific

Well organized and

flowing
Quality supporting
idea

Clear and specific

Well organized and

flowing
Quality supporting
idea

Has minor error

Excellent

Clear main idea

Complete and clear
Well organized and
flowing
Has minor error

Excellent

Essential but
incomplete

Complete and
essential

Not enough
reference

Quality opinion

Miss one (1)

elements

Complete

Less sharp
highlighting
statement

Good quality &

organization of
highlighting
statement

Not enough
reference

Quality discussion