{"id":235,"date":"2017-07-11T23:28:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T23:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-clinton-englishcomp\/?post_type=chapter&p=235"},"modified":"2017-07-11T23:28:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T23:28:57","slug":"3-the-grading-rubric-and-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-clinton-englishcomp\/chapter\/3-the-grading-rubric-and-what-it-means\/","title":{"raw":"3. The Grading Rubric and What It Means","rendered":"3. The Grading Rubric and What It Means"},"content":{"raw":"The following rubric will be used by graders to determine how successful your paper is. They will not use letter grades but will use numbers (4-1) to grade the essays. A 3-4 paper is passing; a 1-2 paper is failing. Graders judge your paper based on a holistic approach. In other words, a few grammatical errors won't fail the paper if it has good organization and support and coherence. They judge the entire essay.\r\n\r\nEssays that receive a 3 or a 4 pass the final in-class essay test.<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\n4\u00a0<\/b>Exceeds\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>An essay that\u00a0exceeds\u00a0<\/i>the writing proficiency for English 101 has a clear thesis and fully develops and supports that thesis; is consistently organized, clear and unified; exhibits a mature, individual sense of style and indicates an ability to use vocabulary effectively; consistently indicates an excellent understanding of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure; and addresses the prompt.\r\n
\r\n\r\n3\u00a0<\/b>Meets\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>An essay that\u00a0meets\u00a0<\/i>the writing proficiency for English 101 has a thesis and adequately supports that thesis; is generally organized, clear and unified; indicates a college-level command of vocabulary; indicates an understanding of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure; and addresses the prompt.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\u00a0<\/u>\r\n\r\nEssays that receive a 1 or a 2 fail the final in-class essay test.<\/b>\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/u>\r\n\r\n2 A<\/b>pproaches\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>An essay that\u00a0approaches\u00a0<\/i>the writing proficiency for English 101 has one or more of the following weaknesses. It has a thesis but does not adequately develop or support it; is poorly organized, unclear or lacks unity; is awkward or immature, indicating an inadequate command of vocabulary; has frequent problems with grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure; or addresses a related topic, but does not directly address the prompt.\r\n\r\n1<\/b>\u00a0Fails<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An essay that\u00a0fails to meet\u00a0<\/i>the writing proficiency for English 101 has one or more of the following weakness. It suggests a central idea but does not clearly or adequately support it; is poorly organized, unclear, and lacks unity; is awkward or immature, indicating a poor command of vocabulary; has significant problems with grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure; or does not address the prompt.","rendered":"

The following rubric will be used by graders to determine how successful your paper is. They will not use letter grades but will use numbers (4-1) to grade the essays. A 3-4 paper is passing; a 1-2 paper is failing. Graders judge your paper based on a holistic approach. In other words, a few grammatical errors won’t fail the paper if it has good organization and support and coherence. They judge the entire essay.<\/p>\n

Essays that receive a 3 or a 4 pass the final in-class essay test.<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

4\u00a0<\/b>Exceeds\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>An essay that\u00a0exceeds\u00a0<\/i>the writing proficiency for English 101 has a clear thesis and fully develops and supports that thesis; is consistently organized, clear and unified; exhibits a mature, individual sense of style and indicates an ability to use vocabulary effectively; consistently indicates an excellent understanding of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure; and addresses the prompt.<\/p>\n

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3\u00a0<\/b>Meets\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>An essay that\u00a0meets\u00a0<\/i>the writing proficiency for English 101 has a thesis and adequately supports that thesis; is generally organized, clear and unified; indicates a college-level command of vocabulary; indicates an understanding of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure; and addresses the prompt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Essays that receive a 1 or a 2 fail the final in-class essay test.<\/b><\/p>\n

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2 A<\/b>pproaches\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>An essay that\u00a0approaches\u00a0<\/i>the writing proficiency for English 101 has one or more of the following weaknesses. It has a thesis but does not adequately develop or support it; is poorly organized, unclear or lacks unity; is awkward or immature, indicating an inadequate command of vocabulary; has frequent problems with grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure; or addresses a related topic, but does not directly address the prompt.<\/p>\n

1<\/b>\u00a0Fails<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An essay that\u00a0fails to meet\u00a0<\/i>the writing proficiency for English 101 has one or more of the following weakness. It suggests a central idea but does not clearly or adequately support it; is poorly organized, unclear, and lacks unity; is awkward or immature, indicating a poor command of vocabulary; has significant problems with grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure; or does not address the prompt.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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