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Grading an Essay

Grading an Essay. Using the Assigned Rubric. Be honest. This is not the time to be either humble or arrogant. Be focused. Stay on task; there is much to do. Be logical. Focus on EVIDENCE, not your feelings. General Rules.

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Grading an Essay

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  1. Grading an Essay Using the Assigned Rubric

  2. Be honest. • This is not the time to be either humble or arrogant. • Be focused. • Stay on task; there is much to do. • Be logical. • Focus on EVIDENCE, not your feelings. General Rules

  3. Don’t get ahead of the presentation. We’ll go through the rubric row by row, bullet by bullet. • For every bullet, in the margin of your paper, use a ‘’ for something that you do correctly, and hi-light anything you do incorrectly. • For every bullet, on the rubric itself, hi-light where you find yourself based on the evidence you find in your paper. Specific Rules

  4. Essay Rubric

  5. Typed heading • Typed, centered title (with correct use of capitalization) • Double-spaced • All paragraphs indented appropriately • Parenthetical citations of page numbers included for all quotations and punctuated correctly Formatting

  6. Interest level of the hook • Thesis placement (last sentence) • Thesis content—Does it include … • Essay’s main idea • Title of the work punctuated correctly • Author’s name spelled correctly • Character chosen for the essay • Similar wording to the original prompt Introduction

  7. Claim • The first sentence is the topic of the entire paragraph. • Evidence • 3 textual quotations per paragraph • Quotations are embedded. • All pieces of evidence are related directly to the claim. • Commentary • These EXPLAIN rather than SUMMARIZE. Body Paragraphs

  8. Restatement of thesis • First sentence • Includes all the elements of the original thesis • Content • Interest level • No summary of the essay’s content Conclusion

  9. Keeping the same verb tenses when discussing the literary text • OkonkwoIS a leader; OkonkwoPROTECTSEzinma; OkonkwoKILLS himself (present tense) • OkonkwoWASa leader; OkonkwoPROTECTEDEzinma; OkonkwoKILLEDhimself (past tense) Verb Tenses

  10. Helpful hint: Read your essay from the end back to the beginning. • If you’re not 100% positive, grab a dictionary and look it up!!! • Be careful of homonyms (e.g., your vs. you’re; too vs. to; their vs. they’re vs. there). Spelling

  11. Fragments—missing a verb, a subject, or a complete thought • Run-ons—two sentences smoooooshed together as if a single sentence • Comma splices—a comma where a period should be (a type of run-on) Sentences

  12. You, your, yours, you’re • Thing, things • Stuff • Never • Always Archer Issues

  13. Count the “Formatting” cell as only one bullet. Then, there should be a total of 12 bullets. • Fill in the chart. • Add up the numbers in the far right column (“Score”). • Divide that sum by 12 for your final raw score. • Place that raw score (1-9) at the bottom of your rubric. Final Grade

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