海角大神

Content

• Fully responds to all criteria of the assignment
• Clearly identifies and fully develops all ideas/themes
• Provides logical, valid and specific details and support
• Effectively uses all relevant information, including outside sources
• Draws clear and appropriate conclusions

• Sufficiently responds to most criteria of the assignment
• Identifies and develops main ideas/themes, but some may lack clarity or depth
• Generally provides logical and valid details and support
• Effectively uses most relevant information, including outside sources
• For the most part, draws clear and appropriate conclusions

• Does not respond or incompletely responds to some criteria of the assignment
• Does not identify or develop some main ideas/themes
• Provides support but may not be logical or valid; some details may be missing
• Frequently omits relevant information; outside sources may be inappropriate or missing
• Draws mostly unclear or inappropriate conclusions

• Does not respond to most  criteria of the assignment
• Does not identify or develop most ideas/themes
• Provides few details and little  support or support that is illogical or invalid
• Omits relevant information; outside sources inappropriate or missing
• Draws unclear/inappropriate conclusions or omits conclusions entirely

Organization

• Clearly and consistently organizes ideas
• Maintains consistent focus and sense of purpose
• Effectively structures and orders paragraphs
• Links ideas with smooth and effective transitions

• Consistently organizes ideas, but structure may be formulaic or unsophisticated
• Generally maintains focus
• For the most part, effectively structures and orders paragraphs
• For the most part, effectively links ideas, but transitions may be unclear or ineffective

• Frequently does not organizes ideas; structure is formulaic or unsophisticated
• Sometimes lacks focus or sense of purpose
• Often does not structure or order paragraphs
• Links some ideas, but transitions are missing or unclear

• Does not organize ideas
• Conveys little or no focus or sense of purpose
• For the most part, does not structure or order paragraphs
• Does not link ideas

Style 

• Shows clear awareness of purpose and audience
• Uses sophisticated and varied sentence structure
• Uses vocabulary and style that are appropriate to the audience

• For the most part, shows awareness of purpose and audience
• Uses effective and varied sentence structure
• Uses vocabulary and style that are mostly appropriate to the audience; some words may be used incorrectly

• Is inconsistent in showing awareness of purpose and audience
• Uses little variety in sentence structure; some syntax errors may be present
• Uses vocabulary or style that are frequently inappropriate to the audience; words are often used incorrectly

• Shows little awareness of purpose and audience
• Uses no variety in sentence structure; syntax errors frequently present
• Uses vocabulary or style that are inappropriate to the audience; words are consistently used incorrectly

Mechanics

• Makes virtually no grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors
• Uses correct citation format to document references and sources

• Makes few grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors; these are not distracting to the reader
• Identifies and documents most sources appropriately

• Makes occasional grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors; these may be distracting to the reader
• Sometimes uses correct citation format to document references and sources

• Makes frequent grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors; these are distracting to the reader
• Uses incorrect or no citation format to document references and sources