Thesis Fails to maintain an acceptable thesis, frequently digresses, lacks coherence. Development May provide some details, but fails to clarify relevance of details to points being made, or to thesis. Organization May lack a plan, lack coherent or unified paragraphs throughout, or Language Skills Frequent errors in word use and sentence structures. Severe problems with grammar and usage. May be unusually short.
Development Fails to provide any detailed support.
Organization Lacks a plan, any paragraph coherence or unity, or any organization suitable for the material. Language Skills Displays very limited ability to handle sentence structure or word use, demonstrates errors in almost every sentence.