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CATEGORY

Outstanding

Very Good

Good

Satisfactory

Context of and Purpose for Writing (25)

Demonstrates a thorough understanding of context, audience, and purpose that is responsive to the assigned task(s) and focuses all elements of the work.

Demonstrates adequate consideration of context, audience, and purpose and a clear focus on the assigned task(s) (e.g., the task aligns with audience, purpose, and context).

Demonstrated awareness of context, audience, purpose, and to the assigned task(s) (e.g., begins to show awareness of audience's perceptions and assumptions).

Demonstrates minimal attention to context, audience, purpose, and to the assigned task(s) (e.g., expectation of instructor or self as audience.

Content Development (25)

Uses appropriate, relevant and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject.

Uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to explore ideas within the context of the discipline,

Uses appropriate and relevant content to develop and explore ideas through most of the work.

Uses appropriate and relevant content to develop simple ideas in some parts of the work.

Sources and Evidence (25)

Demonstrates skillful use of high quality, credible, relevant sources to develop ideas that are appropriate for the discipline and genre of the writing.

Demonstrates consistent use of credible, relevant sources to support ideas that are situated within the discipline and genre of the writing.

Demonstrates an attempt to use credible and/or relevant sources to support ideas that are appropriate for the discipline and genre of the writing.

Demonstrates an attempt to use sources to support ideas in the writing.

Use Information Effectively (25)

Communicates, organizes and synthesizes information from sources to fully achieve a specific purpose, with clarity and depth.

Communicates, organizes and synthesizes information from sources. Intended purpose is achieved.

Communicates and organizes information from sources. The information is not yet synthesized, so the intended purpose is not fully achieved.

Communicates information from sources. The information is fragmented and/or used inappropriately (misquoted, out of context or incorrectly paraphrased, etc.) so intended purpose is not achieved.

Mechanics

Uses language that skillfully communicates meaning to readers with clarity and fluency and error free.

Uses straightforward language that generally conveys meaning to readers and no more than a few errors.

Uses language that generally conveys meaning to readers with clarity, although writing may include several errors.

Uses language that sometimes impedes meaning because of errors in usage.