Made in China Essay Rubric

Name:
CATEGORY

Introduction/
Thesis

Evidence

Analysis &
Claim

Conventions/
Process

Grade:

Exemplary

Proficient

Block:

Developing

December 2014
Beginning

* Provides full contextual

information that gives the paper a
clear historical setting

* Gives the paper historical

setting

*Provides vague, non-descriptive

historical setting or uses
exaggeration

* Does not provide a historical

setting

* Expresses an idea-driven,
specific, supportable thesis in a
clear, concise, and sophisticated
manner

* Expresses an idea-driven,
specific, supportable thesis in a
clear and concise manner

* Expresses a vague, somewhat

supportable thesis

* Expresses an extremely vague,

trite, and/or insupportable central
idea

* Employs well-chosen evidence

in each body paragraph; each
explained in appropriate detail

* Employs evidence in each body

paragraph relevant to the claim

* Provides weak or incorrect

evidence, evidence that is not
relevant to the claim, or does not
provide enough details

* Provides little or no evidence

relevant to the claim

*Paragraphs begin with strong,

well-articulated, idea-driven
claims

*Paragraphs begin with ideadriven claims

*Some paragraphs begin with

facts, not idea-driven claims

*Paragraphs lack a clear claim

*Analyzes how and why evidence

supports the claim with
sophistication and originality,
taking risks with ideas

*Analyzes how and why most of

the evidence supports the claim
taking few risks with ideas

*Shows why evidence is important

without explaining connection to
the claim or by only restating the
claim

*Does not attempt analysis

* Uses appropriate grammar &

spells correctly throughout

* Uses appropriate grammar &

spells correctly most of the time

* Makes errors in grammar &

spelling that distract but do not
compromise meaning

* Makes grammatical & spelling

errors that compromise meaning

*Uses sophisticated and

appropriate vocabulary

*Uses appropriate vocabulary

*Uses some appropriate

vocabulary or informal language

*Uses weak vocabulary

*Consistently uses varied sentence

structure

*Uses some variety of sentence

structures

*Uses some awkward sentence

structures

*Uses many awkward sentences

*Cites varied sources within text

and uses paraphrased information
in a sophisticated way

*Cites sources within text when

using paraphrased information

*Cites sources in text incorrectly

or uses fewer than two paraphrased
statements

*Does not cite sources in text

showing when information was
paraphrased

* Uses the correct citation format

consistently on Works Cited page

* Mostly uses the correct citation

format on Works Cited page

* Missing some information in

citation on Works Cited page or
information formatted incorrectly

* Missing information in many

citations on Works Cited page