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Advanced Placement Essays

Advanced Placement Essays. Self Evaluation Rubric. To receive a score of 8-9. Overall impression. Demonstrates excellent control of the literature Demonstrates outstanding writing competence Writing is: Thorough Effective incisive. Understanding of the Text.

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Advanced Placement Essays

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  1. Advanced Placement Essays Self Evaluation Rubric

  2. To receive a score of 8-9

  3. Overall impression • Demonstrates excellent control of the literature • Demonstrates outstanding writing competence • Writing is: • Thorough • Effective • incisive

  4. Understanding of the Text • Excellent understanding of the text • Exhibits perception and clarity • Original or unique approach • Includes apt and specific references

  5. Organization and Development • Meticulously organized • Thoroughly developed • Coherent • Unified

  6. Word Choice • Interesting • Effective • Virtually error free

  7. Grammar and Usage • Virtually error free

  8. To receive a score of 6-7

  9. Overall Impression • Demonstrates good control of literature • Demonstrates good writing competence • Less thorough than an 8 paper • Less incisive than an 8 paper

  10. Understanding of the Text • Good understanding of the text • Exhibits perception and clarity • Includes specific references

  11. Organization and Development • Well-organized • Well-developed • Coherent • unified

  12. Use of Sentences • Varied • Interesting • Few errors

  13. Word Choice • Generally interesting • Generally effective • A few errors

  14. Grammar and Usage • Occasional minor errors

  15. To receive a score of 5

  16. Overall Impression • Reveals simplistic thinking and/or • Immature writing • Adequate skills

  17. Understanding of the Text • Superficial understanding of the text • Elements of literature vague • Mechanical • Over-generalized

  18. Organization and Development • Reasonably organized • Reasonably developed • Mostly coherent • Mostly unified

  19. Use of Sentences • Occasionally interesting • Occasionally effective • Several errors

  20. Grammar and Usage • Several minor errors

  21. To receive a score of 3-4

  22. Overall Impression • Incomplete thinking • Fails to respond adequately to part or parts of the question • May paraphrase rather than analyze

  23. Understanding of the Text • Misreadings and lack of persuasive evidence from the text • Meager treatment of literary elements • Unconvincing treatment of literary elements

  24. Organization and Development • Somewhat organized • Somewhat developed • Some incoherence • Some lack of unity

  25. Use of Sentences • Somewhat varied • Marginally interesting • One or more major errors

  26. Word Choice • Somewhat dull • Somewhat ordinary • Some errors in diction

  27. Grammar and Usage • Some major errors

  28. To receive a score of 1-2

  29. Overall Impression • Unacceptably brief • Fails to respond to the question • Little clarity

  30. Understanding of the text • Serious misreadings • Little supporting evidence from the text • Erroneous treatment of literary elements

  31. Organization and Development • Little or no organization • Little or no development • Incoherent • Void of unity

  32. Word Choice • Mostly dull • Mostly conventional • Numerous errors

  33. Grammar and Usage • Severely flawed • Frequent major errors

  34. Magical at times Attempts more challenging concepts Mature beginnings Takes risks Always under control Figurative language Symbolism Extended metaphor Organization Pacing Narrative strategies Descriptors for a 9

  35. Strong sense of control-organization Mature in style & vocabulary Tight link of support (text references to author’s intent) Attempts more challenging concepts Figurative language Symbolism Extended metaphor Organization Pacing Narrative strategies Descriptors for an 8

  36. More fluid in style Sections insightful Often one section well developed by student & affected by time Clear or implied thesis – tied to general intent of question Attempts more difficult tasks Sense of completion Descriptors for a 7

  37. Inconsistent - but adequate Less difficult concepts Linear organization Step by step laborious Rigid organization Occasional insight Summary conclusion “Once over lightly” Descriptors for a 5 & 6

  38. Listers, labelers No analysis Paraphrasing Limited task (diction only) Proving the obvious Poor analogies Obviously, use of you Colloquial diction Implied analysis Funnel opening Truisms Immature focus “gets the reader’s attention” 0 sense of completion Descriptors for a 3 & 4

  39. Off topic Soap box lecture “I” Argues against writer’s position – instead of analysis Testimonials Teacher lecture Defining of terms Major grammar problems Brevity Summary 0 analysis inaccuracies Descriptors for a 1 & 2

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