Audience The writer has correctly The writer has correctly The writer has an incomplete The writer has not identified identified the intended identified the intended idea of the audience and its an audience; writing does audience; writing shows a audience; writing shows that expectations. not address a specific complete understanding of the writer is somewhat audience. its expectations. aware of its expectations. Content The content is substantial, The content is clear and The content is ordinary and The content is absent or not intriguing, and original. It directly related to the topic. somewhat related to the related to the topic. relates directly to the topic. topic. Conclusion Completely integrates and Summarizes main ideas. Restates main ideas. There is no conclusion. The extends key ideas of piece just ends. assignment, furthering understanding of topic. Details Uses details such as Uses details such as Uses some details that are Uses little or no detail to explanations and examples explanations and examples accurate; some details such support and explain the topic. that are accurate, that are accurate and as examples and appropriate, and fully support the topic. explanations are not support the topic. appropriate for the topic; details do not always support the topic. Grammar Uses completely appropriate Uses appropriate grammar Grammar choices Grammar choices keep grammar that helps readers that does not interfere with sometimes confuse readers. readers from understanding understand meaning. meaning. the piece. Ideas Strong ideas are carefully Clear ideas support the main Ideas sometimes do not Ideas are confusing and do and imaginatively presented, topic. support the main topic. not support the main topic in showing real insight into the any way. topic. Opening Clearly focused, thoroughly Focused and thorough; Vague; does not Unfocused and rambling; presenting the topic; engages the audience in the immediately engage the confuses the reader. immediately engages the topic. audience in the topic. audience in the message of the piece. Punctuation No errors in punctuation. A few punctuation errors. Many or major errors in Frequent and/or major errors punctuation that sometimes that obscure meaning confuse the reader. Organization Logical presentation of Most ideas are connected; Some ideas connected to ideas have little connection ideas; all parts contribute to some parts don't contribute each other; many parts don't to each other; there is no a strong central idea to the central idea. contribute to the central idea. strong central idea. References Numerous supporting Many supporting references Few supporting references No supporting references. references presented in usually presented in the or references presented in correct format greatly add to correct format. the incorrect format. reader understanding of main idea. Spelling All words spelled correctly, Most words are spelled There are many spelling There are frequent spelling helping readers clearly correctly. errors that sometimes make errors that make it hard for understand the central idea. it hard for readers to readers to understand the understand the central idea. central idea.