Level 2 Level 1 Needs Unsatisfactory Improvement Points Points Range: Range: 30 0 (0%) - 29 (30%) - 34 (29%) Content Organization (34%) Level 3 Level 4 Satisfactory Good Points Range: 35 (35%) - 39 Level 5 Excellent Points Range: 40 (40%) - 44 (39%) Points Essay may Range: 45 (44%) be somewhat Essay (45%) - 50 unfocused, generally (50%) Essay but focuses on generally demonstrates the topic, but Essay focuses on some effort may remains fully the topic and at analysis. occasionally focused on demonstrates Supporting stray. the topic. It thorough ideas may be Analysis is demonstrates analysis. lacking, fairly thorough Supporting difficult to thorough. analysis ideas are determine, Supporting resulting in fairly well and/or ideas are novel insight developed. provide little fairly well with relevant Presentation to no novel or developed. and fully is interesting relevant Presentation developed and contains insight. The is interesting supporting somewhat reader may and may ideas. The novel have difficulty contain a few presentation insights that at times novel is engaging. are relevant determining insights that Feedback: to the topic. what the are relevant Feedback: writer is to the topic. trying to say. Feedback: Feedback: Points Range: Points Points Points Points 0 (0%) - 14 Range: 15 Range: 18 Range: 20 Range: 23 (14%) (15%) - 17 (18%) - 19 (20%) - 22 (23%) - 25 Essay focus may not be clear to the reader, and/or the ideas may not make sense. Little to no analysis is demonstrated , and novel, relevant insight may be lacking. The writing may contain numerous errors that interfere with the reader's ability to grasp the writer's meaning. Feedback: (17%) The essay shows minimal evidence of efforts to organize, sequence, (19%) (22%) (25%) The essay is somewhat organized, but the sequence and grouping The essay is fairly wellorganized with somewhat logical and The essay is fairly wellorganized with a mostly logical and appropriate The essay is wellorganized and presents ideas in a logical, Level 2 Level 1 Level 3 Level 4 Needs Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Good Improvement and/or group ideas. Transitions may be confusing or otherwise lacking. Feedback: of ideas may need work. Transitions may be confusing or choppy. Feedback: Points Range: 9 Points Range: (9%) - 10 0 (0%) - 8 (10%) (8%) Writing lacks Writing lacks clarity or clarity and conciseness. conciseness. Contains Contains minor serious problems Writing problems with with Mechanics sentence sentence structure and structure and grammar. some Numerous grammatical major and/or errors. minor errors Several in punctuation minor errors and spelling. in Feedback: punctuation and spelling. Feedback: APA Formatting Points Range: Points 0 (0%) - 5 Range: 6 (5%) (6%) - 6 (6%) Level 5 Excellent appropriate appropriate sequencing sequence. sequencing and grouping Related and grouping of ideas. One ideas are of ideas. or two well grouped, Some transitions and transitions may be transitions may be weak somewhat between or somewhat weak or ideas flow choppy. choppy. smoothly. Feedback: Feedback: Feedback: Points Range: 11 (11%) - 11 Points (11%) Points Range: 12 Range: 14 (12%) - 13 Writing is (14%) - 15 (13%) mostly clear (15%) and concise. Writing is Sentence Writing is fairly clear structure and clear and and concise. grammar concise. May contain may be weak Sentence one-three and/or structure and minor errors contain grammar are in sentence several excellent. structure, errors. May Correct use grammar, also contain of punctuation, minor errors punctuation and/or in and spelling. spelling. punctuation Feedback: Feedback: and/or spelling. Feedback: Points Points Points Range: 7 Range: 8 Range: 9 (7%) - 7 (7%) (8%) - 8 (8%) (9%) - 10 (10%) Uses little to no APA formatting. Feedback: Reflects incomplete knowledge of APA formatting. Applies APA formatting, but contains some minor and some Applies APA formatting, but may contain a few minor errors. Applies APA formatting accurately and Level 2 Level 1 Level 3 Level 4 Needs Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Good Improvement major errors. Feedback: Feedback: Feedback: Level 5 Excellent consistently