Collaborative+Unit+Rubric+Criteria

For your assigned category (one of the sticky note colors from here), please synthesize the ideas we generated and elaborate each letter grade level of that criterion for our rubric. To do this, click "Edit" and enter your group's work into the table below.

For example, if your group is assigned to yellow, please name that criterion, synthesize [|our suggestions] and fill in the boxes for 4, 3, 2, 1.

Criteria || 4.0 - A || 3.0 - B || 2.0 - C || 1.0 - D/E || Organization || Each part of essay is easily pointed out. Essay maintains logical flow. Argument is cohesive throughout. || Each part of essay is easily pointed out. Logical flow is somewhat choppy. Argument is relatively cohesive. || Parts of essay are missing. Flow is choppy. Argument is difficult to follow. || Almost all parts of essay are missing. Essays holds no flow. No argument presented. || Each paragraph relates to the thesis. Paper organization is purposeful and logical. || Maintains a clear thesis/arguement. Includes unneccessary details that detract from the thesis. Paper organizational is purposeful and logical. || Thesis/arguement is vague but understandable. Not every paragraph relates to the thesis. The organization of the paper is slightly out of place. || Thesis/arguement is incorrectly stated or poorly worded. Thesis appears infrequently in the following paragraphs. The organization of the paragraphs lacks a chronological or a logical order. || Evidence supported thesis. || Some stand-alone quotes from either work were present. Most evidence was relevant. There was more evidence from one work compared to the other. || Only one work was present for textual evidence. Evidence was not properly introduced. Evidence did not support thesis. || Textual evidence was extremely scarce, if there at all. The little textual evidence that was present was not relevant to the student’s thesis, nor was it introduced properly. ||
 * || Grade/
 * **Yellow** || Structure/
 * **Green** || Clarity & Focus || Maintains clear thesis/argument throughout paper.
 * **Blue** || EVIDENCE || Clear and relevant textual support from both novels. Evidence was properly introduced.
 * **Orange** || GRAMMAR || Proper capitalization and punctuation make paper easy to follow along without confusing the reader; Paper is written for appropriate audience. || Paper is mostly easy to follow but there are a few errors present affecting the writer's voice. || There is enough grammatical error to cause difficulty in understanding half or more of the paper. || Errors in grammar lead to confusion in paper; there is no indication of voice or who the audience is. ||