Out-of-Class Essay 1 Rubric

“A” papers will follow the guidelines of the prompt and account for every item on the checklist.  They will be accompanied by all required components explained at the top of the assignment sheet.  They will use highly descriptive language.

“B” papers will follow the guidelines of the prompt and account for the majority of the items on the checklist.  They will be accompanied by all or most of the required components explained at the top of the assignment sheet.  They will use at least some descriptive language.

“C” papers will show an attempt to follow the guidelines of the prompt, but may stray in focus;  they will account for at least some of the items on the checklist; they may or may not account for the required components explained at the top of the assignment sheet; and/or they will use very little or no descriptive language.

“F” papers will not follow the guidelines of the prompt and may be off topic; they will not account for the items on the checklist; they do not have an electronic copy submitted to turnitin.com; and/or they do not reach the 1000 word minimum.