Instrument Essay Rubric
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 Not informative
Details/Information  Few/No Details in each
paragraph
 Details repeated
 Too much filler
 Order does not make sense
Organization  No clear Beginning, Middle,
and End
 Little or no sentence variety
Sentences in length.
 Frequent run-on sentences
 Frequent sentence fragments
 Frequent grammar mistakes
Grammar made the paper hard to
understand and follow.
 Only one sources used or no
Sources sources listed
 Less than 1.5 pages
Length/Formatting  Incorrect formatting
check assignment for  Extra spaces used to take up
details space
5
 Somewhat informative
 Most paragraph have at least
2 details/supporting ideas
 Details are not repeated
 Some ideas out of order
 Beginning, and Middle are
clear but no End or Middle
and End are clear but no
beginning
 Some sentence variety but
more is needed
 Few run-on sentences
 Few sentence fragments
 Some grammar mistakes but
it did not interfere with
understanding the content.
 2 sources used
 1.5 pages double spaces
 Incorrect font or margins
 Some extra spaces used
 Very informative
 Most paragraph have at least
3 details/supporting ideas
 Order makes sense and was
easy to follow
 Beginning, Middle, and End
are clear
 Many different types of
sentence lengths
 Only 1 or 2 run-on-sentences
 Only 1 or 2 sentence
fragments
 Good attention to detail.
 Only a few grammar
mistakes.
 3 or more sources used
 Extra point for using a book
resource.
 2 pages double spaced
 Proper Font and margins
 No extra spaces added to
take up space.