What is the relationship between Race, Poverty and Prison

Evaluating a College Writing Sample RUBRIC
CRITERIA / SCALE
-3-
Exceeds Expectations
-2-
Meets Expectations
-1-
Needs Improvement
-0-
Inadequate
Structure
• Organization
• Flow of thought
• Transitions
• Format
• Paper is logically organized
• Easily followed
• Effective, smooth, and logical transitions
• Professional format
• Paper has a clear organizational structure with some digressions, ambiguities or irrelevances
• Easily followed
• Basic transitions
• Structured format
• There is some level of organization though digressions, ambiguities, irrelevances are too many
• Difficult to follow
• Ineffective transitions
• Rambling format
• There is no apparent organization to the paper.
• Difficult to follow
• No or poor transitions
• No format
Grammar/mechanics
• sentence structure
• punctuation/mechanics
• Manipulates complex sentences for effect/impact
• No punctuation or mechanical errors
• Uses complex sentences
• Few punctuation or mechanical errors
• Uses compound sentences
• Too many punctuation and/or mechanical errors
• Uses simple sentences
Language • Vocabulary; use of ulary
vocab
• Tone
• ates
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audience
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of audience
sensitivity
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vocabulary too sparingly
• Vocabulary is sophisticated and correct as are sentences which vary in structure and
length Uses and manipulsubject specific
vocabulary for effect Writer’s tone is clear, consistent and appropr
for intended audience
• Vocabulary is varied,
specific and appropriate Frequently uses subjspecific v
correctly Writer’s tone emerges and is generall
• Vocabulary is used properly though sentences
may be simple Infrequently uses suspecific v
correctly Writer’s tone exhibits some level
• Vocabulary is unsophisticated, not used properly in very simple
sentences. Uses subject specific
Content/information
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Use of examples
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evidence
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general
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they are mostly irrelevant
• Clarity of purpose
• Critical and originthought
•Central idea is well developed and claritypurpose is exhibited
throughout the paper Abundance of evidence of critical, careful thought
and analysis and/or insiEvidence and examples are vivid and specific,
Central idea and claritypurpose are generally eviden
essay Evidence of critical, careful thought and
analysis and/or insight There are good, relevant supportin
The central idea is expressed though it may be vague or too broad; Some sense of purpose is main
essay Some evidence of criticcareful thought and
analysis and/or insight There are some examand evid
Central idea and clarity purpose are absent or incompletely ex
and maintained Little or no evidence of critical, careful thought
analysis and/or insight There are too few, no examples and evidence or