Standard MLA Writing Rubric

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STANDARD MLA WRITING RUBRIC - BEACON CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS

Exceeds Standard – 14 Meets Standards – 11 Approaches Standards – 8 Insufficient Evidence – 5 - 0 GSE’s

Thesis o Is a clearly & creatively articulated o Is a clearly articulated o Attempts to articulate argument o Argument not clear or W-10-7.1: In informational writing
argument argument o Sometimes carries the relevant students effectively convey purpose by
______pts o It defines & carries the argument o It carries the argument argument through the paper o Does not carry the argument establishing a topic
throughout throughout throughout the paper
Intro- o Has a creative hook that introduces o Has a hook that introduces o Attempts to use a hook but it o No hook W-10-8.1: In info writing, student
duction the thesis & demonstrates strong the thesis may be irrelevant or inaccurate o No background information or demonstrates use of a range of
research o Gives background info o Not enough background info or completely irrelevant info elaboration strategies by including
______pts o Gives sufficient & pointed relevant to the topic some irrelevant info facts and details relevant to thesis, and
background info relevant to the excluding extraneous info
topic
Body/ All Body Paragraphs Include: All Body Paragraphs Include: All Body Paragraphs Include: All Body Paragraphs Include: W-10-7.2: In info writing, student
Evidence o Topic sentence clearly states main o Topic sentence states main o Topic sentence does not fully o Topic sentences not used effectively conveys purpose by stating
idea of the paragraph idea of paragraph capture main idea of paragraph o Ideas/details/evidence do not & maintaining a focus/controlling
______pts o Ideas/details/evidence clearly o Ideas/details/evidence o Ideas/details/evidence do not support thesis idea/thesis
support thesis support thesis always support thesis o Inaccurate use of evidence W-10-3.3: Uses specific details &
o Creative & accurate use of all o Accurate use of all evidence o Mostly accurate use of references to text or relevant citations
evidence evidence to support thesis, interpretations or
conclusions
Conclu-sion o Restates the thesis in interesting o Restates the thesis o Attempts to revisit thesis o Does not revisit the thesis W-10-14.5: Provides closure, leaving
way o Unifies the ideas in the o Partially unifies ideas in paper o Does not unify ideas in paper reader with something to think about
______pts o Strongly unifies the ideas in the paper o Attempts to leave an impact on o Does not leave any kind of
paper o Leaves an impact on the the reader impact on reader
o Leaves a strong impact on the reader
reader by answering the question,
“So what?”
Structure o Paper is organized according to o Paper is organized o Some of the paper is organized o Paper is not organized W-10-1.3: Recognizes organizational
the “triangle paper organization” according to the “triangle according to the “triangle according to the “triangle structures within paragraphs or within
method paper organization” method paper organization” method paper organization” method texts
______pts o Papers flows, using transitions o Paper uses transitions o Paper sometimes uses o No use of transitions W-10-6.3: Using transitional words or
between points and paragraphs between points & transitions between points & o No logical presentation of phrases appropriate to text structure
o Presents argument in a clear and paragraphs paragraphs argument
logical sequence o Presents argument in a o Argument is sometimes
logical sequence presented logically
Content
Teacher
Category

______pts

Exceeds Standard – 8 Meets Standard – 6 Approaches Standard – 4 Insufficient Evidence – 2-0 GSE’s
Mechanics o Completely accurate use of o Mostly accurate use of o Several grammatical errors o Too many grammatical errors W-10-1.1: Uses varied sentence length
grammar grammar o Little variety in sentence o No variety in sentence & structure to enhance meaning
______pts o Variety in sentence structure o Some variety in sentence structure structure W-10-9.5: Applies conventional &
o No spelling errors structure o Some spelling errors o Too many spelling errors word derivative spelling patterns/rules
o Extensive variety in word o Limited spelling errors o Some variety in word selection o No variety in word selection W-10-9.1: Applying rules of standard
selection o Variety in word selection English usage to correct grammatical
errors
Meets Standard Insufficient Evidence GSE’s
8 6–0
MLA o Paper always uses proper MLA format (i.e. heading, margins, font, o Paper does not use proper MLA format W-10-6.5: Listing and citing sources
Format spacing, page numbers, & works cited) o Sources are not properly cited in the body of the paper and on the using standard format
o All sources are properly cited both in the body of the paper and on the works cited page
______pts works cited page

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