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Scholarship Essay/Contest Rubric Scholarship Essay Rubric This essay will be used to grade scholarship essays/contest Rubric Code: VX3B276 By magomez1 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: (Other) Grade Levels: 9-12

Scholarship Essay Rubric
	Poor 1-5 (N/A)	Fair 6-10 (N/A)	Average 11-14 (N/A)	Above Average 15-17 (N/A)	Excellent 18-20 (N/A)
Addressing the Prompt	Poor Does not state the main point of the essay. Student does not mention or connect any ideas to the prompt.	Fair Vaguely states the main point and/or barely mentions the student's idea about the prompt.	Average States the topic and the essay's prompt towards the topic; is broad and too vague.	Above Average Is adequate and states the essays prompt and the student's thoughts about the topic.	Excellent Is clear and states the essays prompt and the student's thoughts about the topic.
Effort Outstanding, quality, detailed, personality, insight	Poor The final product demonstrates the student took almost NO time to create a product that demonstrates very little quality, very limited detail, little insight and personal connections.	Fair The final product demonstrates the student took little time to create a decent product that demonstrates little quality, little in depth detail, little critical insight and limited personal connections.	Average The final product demonstrates the student took some time to create an marginally good product that demonstrates some quality, some in depth detail, some insight and some personal connections.	Above Average The final product demonstrates the student took a lot of quality time to create an outstanding product that demonstrates good quality, in depth detail, critical insight and a lot of personal connections.	Excellent The final product demonstrates the student took organized time to create an outstanding product that demonstrates high quality, in depth detail, critical insight and personal connections.
Wording/Phrasing	Poor The words in the essay are too general for the topic and audience.	Fair The words in the essay show a limited connection to the topic and audience.	Average The words in the essay are somewhat specific to the topic and audience.	Above Average The words in the essay are specific to the topic and audience.	Excellent The words in the essay are very specific to the topic and audience.
Organized	Poor The final product clearly lacks organization. There is no form of organization that exists within the final product.	Fair The final product lacks organization and is difficult to follow the final product based on its lack of organization.	Average The final product is somewhat organized showing a specific form of organization that allows the audience to somewhat follow the final product.	Above Average The final product is organized enough showing a specific form of organization that allows the audience to follow the final product.	Excellent The final product is extremely organized clearly showing a specific form of organization that allows the audience to clearly follow the final product.
Show Signs of Revision/Editing Agreement of subject and verb; proper tense;correct sentence structure.	Poor Unable to read the essay	Fair Contains several errors of grammar.	Average Contains some errors.	Above Average Contains very few errors in essay.	Excellent Contains no grammar errors.

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