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Insufficient Evidence | Emerging | Developing | Proficient | Extending | |||||||||||||
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Analysis of novel | Not Complete | My essay demonstrates an inadequate comprehension of the novel and its themes. I provide too few supporting details, or details are irrelevant. My interpretation may be flawed. | My essay demonstrates an adequate comprehension of the novel and its themes. I provide a few supporting details, and my interpretation is simple and straightforward. | My essay demonstrates an adept comprehension of the novel and its themes. I provide several relevant supporting details, and my interpretation is thoughtful and accurate. | My essay demonstrates a sophisticated comprehension of the novel and a deep understanding of its themes. I provide exceptional supporting details, and my interpretation is insightful. | ||||||||||||
Quality of ideas | Not Complete | My essay is scattered or disjointed with no defined central idea or little evidence of reflection. The language I use is confusing, and my writer's voice may not be distinguishable. | My essay is loosely unified around a central idea with some evidence of reflection. The language I use supports the ideas, but my writer’s voice may be inconsistent or unclear. | My essay is unified around a well-defined idea with strong evidence of reflection. The language I use supports the ideas with a consistent writer’s voice. | My essay is unified around a profound idea with clear evidence of careful reflection. The language I use supports the ideas seamlessly with a mature and confident writer’s voice. | ||||||||||||
Follows formal essay format | Not Complete | My essay is not adequately formatted or has too many elements missing, creating an unacceptable essay. | My essay is adequately formatted but may be missing key essential elements, or the elements do not add to the message, creating a basic, but acceptable essay. | My essay is well-formatted and includes most of the essential elements of a formal essay. The elements generally add to the message, creating a thorough and thoughtful essay. | My essay is well-formatted and includes all of the essential elements of a formal essay. The elements add to the message, creating a sophisticated and powerful essay. | ||||||||||||
Conventions: Complete sentences, spelling, punctuation, grammar, paragraph format. | Not Complete | My writing has frequent errors in grammar, spelling, and use of conventions that interfere with its meaning. I did not use MLA formatting properly, or my works-cited page is missing. | My writing has several errors in grammar, spelling, and use of conventions that may interfere with meaning. I have missed several elements of proper MLA formatting, or my works-cited page may be incomplete. | My writing may have a few errors in grammar, spelling, and use of conventions that do not interfere with its meaning. I generally use MLA formatting properly, and I have included a works-cited page. | My writing is virtually error-free, with outstanding grammar, spelling, and use of conventions. I use MLA formatting properly, and I included a complete and properly formatted works-cited page. | ||||||||||||
Total: /40 |