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KEISER COLLEGE Writ ing Skills Scoring Rubric Criteria 5 Excellent 4 Good 3 Acc eptable 2 Fair 1 Poor Score 1-5 ORGANI ZATION Writing is cle arly organized aro und a central theme . Each paragraph is clear and relates to the others in a well-planned f ramework. Writing is organized. Th e paper contain s a central theme and planned paragraphs.

Writing demonstrates some gra sp o f organization, with a discern ible theme and supporting de tails Writing is unf ocused and there is some evidence of d etails.

Writing is ra mbling and unfocused, with main theme and su pporting details prese nted in a disorganized, unrelated way . CONT ENT Topic is we ll developed, effectively su pported and appropriate f or the assignment . Effective thinking is ex pressed clearly and cr eatively.

Topic is de veloped and there is evidence of creative think ing. Topic is e vide nt with so me supporting details; gener ally meets requirements of assignment . Topic is marg inally developed an d thinking is minimal. There is evid ence of a minimal understandin g. Topic is poor ly developed, with supporting de tails that are absent or vague. Trite ideas and/or unclear wording reflect lack of under standing of topic and aud ience. GRAMMAR Sentence stru ctures are complex and contain no errors in mec hanics defined but n ot limited to run-on senten ces, fragments or comma splices, etc . Paper is free of gramm atical problems defined but not lim ited to punctuation, capitalizat ion , noun-ve rb agreement, u se of pronouns, adverbs, and adjective s, et c. Good sentenc e structure is noticeable. There are sporadic errors sentence mechanics. Sporadic erro rs are also in the grammar of the paper.

There is so me sentence var iety. Some error s are evident in sentence mechanics an d the grammar of the paper. Very little sen tence structure is noticeable. Sentences ar e simple . Frequ ent errors in sent ence mechanics ar e also noticeable. The paper has fre quent errors in its grammatical structure.

Writing lacks sentence variety; sente nces are very simple a nd use an oral pattern of language. The paper also demonstrates an excessive nu mber of errors in sent ence mechanics an d in grammar.

WORD U SAGE AND SPELLING The paper co ntains an excellent use of word choice and it is free from spelling m ista kes. The paper also uses proper language forms and the meanings of its sentences ar e very clear . The paper contains a good use of word choice, but h as sporadic spelling mistake s. Th ere are also spor adic errors in the uses of proper language. However, the meanings of the sentences ar e clear. The paper contains an adequate usage of wording.

There are some spelling mistake s. Sentence meanings are somewhat cle ar. The paper co ntains some use of word choice. The paper uses slang or other improper u ses of language. Se ntence meanings are unclear. The paper has frequent spelling mistake s. The paper de monstrates deficiencies in word usage and ha s an excessive nu mber of spelling m ista kes. Errors in g rammar, wording, sent ence structure, an d language distract the meanings of the sentence s.

There is an excessive misu se of language and an excessive use of slang.

Scale: 18-2 0-A 16-1 7-B 12-1 5-C 8-11 -D 0-7-F OVERALL GR ADE : TOTAL: