NAME: PERIOD: THE CRUCIBLE | KEYSTONE EXPOSITORY SCORING GUIDELINES Scoring Doman Distinguished (5) Proficient (4) Apprentice (3) Novice (2) Incomplete (0) Thesis/Focus Establishes and sustains a precise idea/thesis Displays a clear understanding of Establishes a controlling idea/thesis Displays an understanding of Provides an inconsistent idea/thesis Displays a limited understanding of Provides vague or indistinct idea/thesis Displays a minimal understanding of Provides no evidence of a controlling idea/thesis Displays no understanding of
task, purpose, and audience task, purpose, and audience task, purpose, and audience task, purpose, and audience task, purpose, and audience OR Does not respond to the prompt Distinguished (20) Proficient (16) Apprentice (12) Novice (8) Incomplete (0) Content Provides relevant content and specific and effective supporting details that demonstrate a clear understanding of purpose Provides relevant content and effective supporting details Provides insufficient content and ineffective supporting details Provides minimal content Provides little to no content OR Does not respond to the prompt Distinguished (15) Proficient (12) Apprentice (9) Novice (6) Incomplete (0) Organization Chooses sophisticated organizational strategies appropriate for task, purpose, and audience Uses sophisticated transitional words, phrases, and clauses to link ideas and create cohesion Includes a clear and well-defined introduction, body, and conclusion that support or reinforce the argument Chooses appropriate organizational strategies for task, purpose, and audience Uses transitional phrases, and clauses to link ideas Includes a clear introduction, body, and conclusion that support the argument Displays some evidence of organizational strategies May use simplistic and/or illogical transitional expressions May not include an introduction, body, and/or conclusion Displays little evidence of organizational strategies Uses few or no transitional expressions to link ideas May not include an identifiable introduction, body, and/or conclusion Displays no evidence of organizational strategies Does not use transitions to link ideas Does not include an identifiable introduction, body, and/or conclusion OR Does not respond to prompt Distinguished (5) Proficient (4) Apprentice (3) Novice (2) Incomplete (0) Style Uses consistently precise language and a wide variety of sentence structures Chooses an effective style and tone, and maintains a consistent point of view Uses precise language and a variety of sentence structures Chooses an appropriate style and tone, and a point of view Uses imprecise language and a limited variety of sentence structures May choose an inappropriate style or tone, and may shift point of view Uses simplistic or repetitious language and sentence structures Demonstrates little or no understating of tone or point of view Uses repetitious language and sentence structures Demonstrates no understating of style, tone or point of view OR Does not respond to prompt Conventions Writer makes few errors and errors do not interfere with Writer makes few errors and errors seldom interfere Writer makes errors and errors may interfere with Writer makes errors and errors often interfere with Writer makes errors and errors consistently