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Atticus Finch Essay 
Rubric Code: P43BWA
By kjmannion
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  3 - 4

1 pts

5 - 6

2 pts

7 - 8

3 pts

9 - 10

4 pts

Intro and Claim (Thesis)

3 - 4

Topic is poorly introduced, creating confusion about the major players.

Thesis is off-topic or does not take a position.
5 - 6

Author generally introduces the topic, but may leave out a key piece of info. (Ex - The title or author of TKAM, or the opinion of one of the critics)

Thesis is vague or does not clearly establish a position.
7 - 8

Author introduces the topic and major players, but in a less clear manner.

Thesis establishes position on the critics' views of Atticus, but reasoning may be overly general or simplistic.
9 - 10

Author clearly introduces the topic, including the character of Atticus Finch as well as both critical perspectives.

Thesis clearly establishes position on the critics' views of Atticus with specific reasoning.
Summary of Critical Perspectives

3 - 4

Misrepresents BOTH Gladwell's and McMillian's views.
5 - 6

Misrepresents either Gladwell's OR McMillian's perspective on Atticus.
7 - 8

Summaries of critics' views are basically correct, but may be incomplete or oversimplified.
9 - 10

Provides accurate, complete summaries of BOTH Gladwell's and McMillian's views of Atticus.
Outside Evidence & Analysis

3 - 4

Complete lack of additional evidence and analysis.
5 - 6

May just recap what Gladwell and McMillian are already saying without presenting new evidence.

Analysis is weak / disconnected from thesis.
7 - 8

Brings in additional evidence from the novel to support claim and refute counterclaim.

Analysis of this evidence may be less convincing or less relevant to thesis.
9 - 10

Brings in well-chosen additional evidence from the novel to support claim and refute counterclaim.

Analysis of this evidence is convincing and clearly supports thesis.
Organization

3 - 4

Overall argument lacks structure.

Lack of logical flow of ideas throughout essay.
5 - 6

Topic sentences may not capture main ideas of paragraphs well.

Somewhat unclear flow of ideas.
7 - 8

Most topic sentences clearly capture the main idea of the paragraph.

Ideas flow logically throughout, with small exceptions.
9 - 10

All topic sentences clearly capture the main idea of the paragraph.

Ideas flow logically throughout essay.
Language Use

3 - 4

Imprecise / vague / inappropriately casual language throughout.

No sentence variety.
5 - 6

Word choice is less precise, lapsing into vagueness.

May be casual or lapse into first/second person.

Less sentence variety.
7 - 8

Vocabulary is appropriate and word choice precise with some exceptions.

Some sentence variety.
9 - 10

Vocabulary is sophisticated and word choice is precise.

Sentence structures are varied.
Conventions

3 - 4

Frequent errors take away from impression of paper and often blur meaning.
5 - 6

Contains enough errors in conventions to take away from overall impression of paper.

Some errors may make meaning unclear.
7 - 8

May contain a few errors in conventions, but not enough to take away from overall impression of paper.
9 - 10

Contains virtually no errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, MLA format, citation, etc.



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