Rubric for Essays

 

0-5

Fair

6-10

Good

11-15

Great

16-20

Excellent

 

Score

Logical Thought Process

Essay is incoherent.

Essay is disorganized, but is understandable.

Essay is coherent.

Essay is well-organized and easy to understand.

 

 

Understanding of Facts

Student does not demonstrate a knowledge of the content.

Student demonstrates some knowledge of the content.

Student demonstrates satisfactory knowledge of the content.

 

Student demonstrates and excellent knowledge of the content

 

Shows thought and originality

Essay appears to have been written without much thought.

Essay shows some thought but does not add any original ideas.

Essay shows some thought and a couple of original ideas.

 

Essay is well-thought out and shows originality with the ideas.

 

Describes how his theory was received initially and after some time

Essay does not describe how his theory was received at all.

 

Essay adequately describes the reception of the theory at one time but not the other.

 

Essay adequately describes the reception of the theory initially and after some time.

 

Essay is exceptional in the way it describes the reception of the theory initially and after some time.

 

 

 

 

Describes weaknesses or strong points of Darwin’s theory

Essay adequately describes neither weaknesses or strong points of Darwin’s theory

Essay adequately describes either weaknesses or strong points of Darwin’s theory but not both

Essay adequately describes both weaknesses and strong points of Darwin’s theory

Essay is exceptional in the way it describes both weaknesses and strong points of Darwin’s theory