Grading Rubric: Argumentative Research Essay



STUDENT_____________________________ DUE DATE_______________

THIS Argumentative Research Essay Grading Rubric: MUST BE ATTACHED to final essay

See PROMPT on other side

(Maximum Possible Points per Section: 25)

|Focus |An ARGUABLE Thesis is stated in specific, clear terms and maintained throughout essay.*See back for points|6 |

| |Paragraphs are unified by a main idea and cohere as distinct units of the overall idea . |6 |

| |Topic sentences are used to maintain focus on paragraph and topic. |6 |

| |Author limits the content to a manageable scope – DOES NOT get off track. |7 |

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|Development/ |Points (SUB TOPICS) are developed and “tied-in” with the essay’s thesis. |5 |

|Support (PER PARAGRAPH) |Points are supported with AT LEAST 2 specific examples. |5 |

| |Ideas are “fleshed out” fully. - DETAILS TELL THE WHOLE STORY |5 |

| |Necessary context is provided for reader comprehension. |5 |

| |READER’s QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED |5 |

| |Source materials are integrated effectively and meaningfully into the author’s argument. | |

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|Organization/ |A clear principle of organization is employed and maintained throughout essay. CLEAR Intro *Body |8 |

|Structure |*Conclusion |8 |

| |Essay is structured in a manner that maximizes the overall purpose and effect. |9 |

| |Effective transitions connect separate ideas and events between paragraphs AND between IDEAS**.\ | |

| |**use Coordinating and Subordinate Conjunctions. | |

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|Style/ |Essay is free of sentence fragments, comma splices, and fused, and run-on sentences. |2.5 |

|Conventions |There is OBVIOUS EDITING in final draft | |

| |Verb tense (past present or future) is consistent throughout. |2.5 |

| |Pronouns refer to clear antecedents and are used correctly in terms of person, case, and number (subject |2.5 |

| |verb agreement). |2.5 |

| |Most sentences are constructed in active voice. | |

| |There is CLEARLY deliberate effort to VARY SENTENCE STRUCTURE with dependant clauses, modifiers, and |2.5 |

| |details. |2.5 |

| |Sentences are clear and concise, avoiding unnecessary wordiness. | |

| |Essay adheres to standard written English: is LEGIBLE or TYPED | |

| |Essay meets prescribed requirements, including format, sentence count and highlights |2.5 |

| |Modified MLA* format is employed correctly for in-text citations and works cited list.*(Shown next page) | |

| | |2.5 |

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GRADE: ________________

*HEADER must be correct (see next page) Write on FRONT pages only

*(UPPER LEFT CORNER – PAGE 1) (UPPER RIGHT CORNER EVERY PAGE)

LASTNAME PG#

Student Name

Assignment Argument Essay Jones 1

Due Date

Your Prompt is as follows:

Consider Hurston’s ideas of feminism, the oppression of Southern American Black Society in the 1930’s (The US Depression Era), and the depiction of Hurston’s autobiography through the characters in Their Eye Were Watching God, as well as your own knowledge, experience and observations, determine which is more important, LOVE or INDEPENDENCE.

Assignment: Write a WELL – DEVELOPED essay as a response. Your essay must include (whoa – this is a checklist!):

___A CLEAR ARGUABLE (DEBATABLE) THESIS Statement.

If another person cannot have an opposing opinion, then it is not ARGUABLE

CREATE a very specific point that has a clear-cut answer to your question

___An INTERESTING introduction paragraph (Thesis Paragraph)

___At least TWO–CORRECTLY CITED REFERENCE (highlighted in final draft) to a quote from

Zora Neal Hurston’s novel Their Eye Were Watching God. Excerpts are found in the Springboard text in Unit 5. DO NOT USE QUOTES in the thesis NOR conclusion paragraph.

NOTE: The quotes will not be the TOPIC sentence for each body paragraph, but will help you

CREATE the TOPIC SENTENCE for each body paragraph.

___At least TWO personal observations or experiences to support EACH of the above quotes-

(highlighted in final copy).

____VARIED SENTENCE STRUCTURE (add at least some dependant clauses for detail) **COUNTED/NUMBERED

____ DO NOT USE: YOU / YOUR / YOU’RE

____MUST FOLLOW the order below DO NOT DEVIATE:

I Introduction: (Contains the Main Idea, A Concise Thesis, Transition to FIRST topic) (3)

II Topic sentence #1 (what is the FIRST example that supports your thesis) (1)

TRANSITION to Supporting info A (may be a sentence or subordinate clause) (+/-1)

A 1 Support Info A #1 (May be Personal Example or Quote) (4)

a Introduce Example

b Tell example / Quote

c Explain HOW example/Quote support Thesis

d TRANSITION into #2

B 1 Support Info A #1 (May be Personal Example or Quote) (4)

a Introduce Example

b Tell example / Quote

c Explain HOW example/Quote support Thesis

d TRANSITION into #2

III REPEAT II ABOVE! (9)

IV Conclusion:

Closing sentence, rewords your thesis sentence

WRITE THIS IS A Somebody Wanted(did) But(and) So(then) FORMAT (1)

Transition sentence between closing and final thoughts (1)

Final statement about the MAIN IDEA. (1)

DO NOT add new information/DO NOT end with a Question.

TOTAL MININMUM COUNTED** SENTENCES (24/25)

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