Rubric For Journal Assignments

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Rubric for Journal Assignments

9-10 pts:
      The response shows detailed knowledge and understanding of, and perceptive insight into, the work used for the assignment.
      There is excellent appreciation of the ways in which language, structure, technique and style shape meaning.
      Ideas are persuasively organized and developed, with effectively integrated examples from the works used.
      Language is very clear, effective, carefully chosen and precise, with a high degree of accuracy in grammar, vocabulary and sentence construction; register and style are effective and appropriate to the task.

7-8 pts:
      The response shows knowledge and understanding of, and some insight into, the work used for the assignment.
      There is adequate appreciation of the ways in which language, structure, technique and style shape meaning.
      Ideas are effectively organized and developed, with well-integrated examples from the works used.
      Language is clear and carefully chosen, with a good degree of accuracy in grammar, vocabulary and sentence construction; register and style are consistently appropriate to the task.

4-6 pts:
      The response shows some knowledge but little understanding of the work used for the assignment.
      There is some mention, but little appreciation, of the ways in which language, structure, technique and style shape meaning.
      Ideas are superficially organized and developed, with some integrated examples from the works used.
      Language is sometimes clear and carefully chosen; grammar, vocabulary and sentence construction are fairly accurate, although errors and inconsistencies are apparent; the register and style are to some extent appropriate to the task.

1-3 pts:
      The response shows little knowledge and little understanding of the work used for the assignment.
      There is very little mention and little appreciation of the ways in which language, structure, technique and style shape meaning.
      There is some attempt to organize ideas, but a lack of examples from the works used.
      Language is rarely clear and appropriate; there are many errors in grammar, vocabulary and sentence construction, and little sense of register and style.

Criterion: Knowledge and understanding
� How effectively has the student used the topic and the essay to show knowledge and understanding of the chosen work?

Criterion: Appreciation of the writer�s choices
� To what extent does the student appreciate how the writer�s choices of language, structure, technique and style shape meaning?

Criterion: Organization and development
� How effectively have the ideas been organized, and how well are references to the works integrated into the development of the ideas?

Criterion: Language
� How clear, varied and accurate is the language?
� How appropriate is the choice of register, style and terminology? (�Register� refers, in this context, to the student�s use of elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and terminology appropriate to the task.)

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