Student
ID 1
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Excelling (4) |
Accomplishing (3) |
Progressing (2) |
Developing (1) |
Writer demonstrates thorough understanding of audience and task while using a compelling voice and style. |
Writer demonstrates adequate understanding of audience and task while using an appropriate voice and style. |
Writer may not demonstrate understanding of audience or task and may use inappropriate voice or style. |
Writer fails to demonstrate understanding audience and task and uses inappropriate voice and style. |
Writer clarifies major aims, arranges material to support those aims, and may show insight into problematic or provocative aspects of the topic. |
Writer clarifies major aims, arranges most material to support those aims, and provides adequate material. |
Writer does not always make major aims clear, arrange material to support those aims, or provide adequate material. |
Writer confuses readers about major aims or develops no major point adequately. |
Writer carefully and consistently evaluates the relevance of contexts, rhetorical strategies, and/or credibility of sources when presenting a position. |
Writer evaluates relevant contexts, rhetorical strategies, and credibility of sources when presenting a position. |
Writer identifies some relevant contexts, rhetorical strategies, and sources when presenting a position, but may not evaluate consistently and carefully. |
Writer fails to identify contexts and rhetorical strategies, and fails to evaluate sources when presenting a position. |
Writer understands and elegantly articulates his/her ideas as they relate to those of others and effectively integrates source material. |
Writer frequently understands and articulates his/her ideas as they relate to those of others and integrates source material well. |
Writer sometimes understands and articulates his/her ideas as they relate to those of others and integrates source material. |
Writer rarely or never understands and articulates his/her ideas as they relate to those of others and ineffectively integrates source material. |
Writer shows mature command of format conventions and sentence level features of written language (grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage). |
Writer controls format conventions and sentence level features of written language. |
Writer may not adhere to conventions of format, and loses control of one or more elements of written language at the sentence level without significantly impeding communication. |
Writer does not adhere to format conventions and loses control of one or more elements of written language at the sentence level, impeding communication. |
Writer evaluates growth, describes composing processes in detail, and cites compelling evidence within portfolio. |
Writer describes growth and composing processes, citing evidence within portfolio. |
Writer describes growth and processes superficially, does not adequately develop ideas or provide evidence. |
Writer describes growth and processes superficially, and does not develop ideas. |