Tuesday, September 25, 2012

All Pre-AP English Students: EOC Essay Rubric

In class today we looked at the End-of-Course (EOC) rubric for the Expository Essay. Good times.

If you missed class or would like a complete rubric of your own, please download a copy.

We looked at the information for Score Point 3 and considered the "Big Ideas" of each bullet point as follows:
  • You must write an expository essay!
  • You must have a clear thesis statement that is focused on the topic of the prompt.
  • Your essay must "flow."
  • You support your thesis with "specific and appropriate" details.
  • Your response is "original" rather than "what everyone else is going to write about."
  • Your essay has a "sophisticated" tone and demonstrates an advanced vocabulary.
  • You use a variety of sentence types appropriately.
  • Spelling, grammar, punctuation, usage, and other mechanics/conventions are all employed properly.
If you want to see the examples of essays we looked at in class -- including the TECHNOLOGIE! essay -- and dig deeper into what make an essay "worth" a score point 3 or 4, please download this document.

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