Ayesha Decena Charles Albert Figueroa Caryl Samantha Marasigan Date: January 10, 2020

Camille San Diego Claudette Villanueva Martin Jandel Vitente Section: 11 – STEM 15

Rubrics for Academic Essay (100 pts)

Criteria Excellent (10) Very Good (8) Satisfactory (5) Needs Improvement Teacher’s comments
(2)
(1) Topic Selection Topic is appropriate, Topic is appropriate, Topic is appropriate, Topic is inappropriate,
- relevance of the topic to the relevant, and strand- relevant, and strand- relevant, and strand- irrelevant, and not
specialization related. Topic key related. Some topic related. Most topic strand-related. All
points are relevant to key points are key points are topic key points are
concepts/ideas in irrelevant to irrelevant to irrelevant to
specialization. concepts/ ideas in specialization. specialization.
specialization.
(2) Content The group was able to Some arguments and Most of the Ideas are difficult to
- information are well explained elaborate arguments concepts are not arguments and comprehend.
and elaborated and concepts. explained well. concepts are not
explained well.
(3) Sources The group used Some information are Most sources are Ideas are merely based
- additional sources are used to available and relevant irrelevant to claims. irrelevant and on personal
support claims data to support useless. observations.
claims.
(4) Word Use The group was able to There are few lapses There are major The entire paper is
- academic language is used in effectively observe in academic writing. lapses in academic composed of verbose
writing academic writing Some statements are writing. A lot of expressions and
considerations. Word colloquial and statements are colloquial language.
choice is appropriate. verbose. colloquial and
verbose.
(5) Structure Topic is introduced in Topic is introduced. Topic is introduced. The group did not
- given structure was followed an interesting Thesis statement is Thesis statement is follow the structure.
 Introduction (with Thesis manner. Thesis established. not clear. Some Ideas are difficult to
Statement) statement is Arguments are arguments are not comprehend due to
 Body (with arguments/ established. somehow clear, clear, related, and unorganized structure.
topic sentences Arguments are clear, related, and easy to easy to follow. Essay
 Conclusion related, and easy to
 follow. Essay ended follow. Essay ended ended with a vague
with an impactful with a conclusion. conclusion.
conclusion

(6) Critical Evaluation Positive and negative Positive and negative There’s an attempt to The paper is entirely
- analysis and evaluation are claims are balanced. claims are somehow balance the claims biased.
balanced balanced. but biases are
somehow obvious.
(7) Reference List Formatting The paper used There are few errors There are a lot of The summary did not
- Reference formats are accurately accurate reference in the use of reference errors in the use cite the references.
used formats (APA formats (APA reference formats
format). format). (APA format).
(8) In-text Citation Formatting The paper used There are few errors There are a lot of The summary did not
- in-text citations are correct accurate in-text in the use of in-text errors in the use of in- use in-text citations.
- integrating paraphrasing, citation formats. citation formats. text citation formats.
summarizing, and direct quoting
(9) Grammar The summary is free There are minimal There are few Grammatical errors
- summary is free of grammatical of grammatical grammatical errors. grammatical errors. and poor sentence
errors errors. Sentences are Sentence structure Some of the sentences construction are really
clear and well- are very simple. are not clear. distracting.
structured.
(10) Mechanics The summary is free There are minimal Some words are not Most of the words are
- the summary is free of errors in of errors in errors in mechanics. accurately not accurately
capitalization and punctuations mechanics. capitalized. Some capitalized. Most
punctuations are punctuations are
misused. misused.

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