(See Examples Below.) Grade: ______

DAIO ESSAY RUBRIC—College & Career Assessment—9th-12th Grade Teacher’s Name: ______Student’s Name: ______Date: ______

5— 4— 3— 1-2— CATEGORY Mastery: ABOVE STANDARDS Proficiency: MEETS STANDARDS Approaching Proficiency: Unacceptable— SCORE (95-100) (85-94) APPROACHING STANDARDS Needs Improvement: (75-84) BELOW STANDARDS (65-75)

OPENING/ The introduction includes an enticing The introduction includes a suitable INTRODUCTION: The extent opening that is appropriate for the opening that is appropriate for the to which the author audience, introduces adequate audience, introduces some The introduction includes an background information on the artwork background information on the inappropriate opening for the The introduction is introduces the artwork and transitions to the description of the artwork and transitions to the audience, and is followed by missing an opening and through credit line artwork. The description is convincing description of the artwork. The little information about the important information information and the and clearly illustrates that the author description provides a clear artwork. The description is on the topic is absent. description of the artwork. observed the foreground, middle statement of the author’s view of the present, but is not clear. The description is ground, and background carefully. artwork including foreground, middle absent. ground, and background.

SUPPORT FOR POSITION: The essay includes a variety of evidence The essay includes adequate The essay includes insufficient The essay includes no (Textual/visual evidence.) (explained visual evidence from the evidence (explained visual evidence evidence (does not really point evidence (unclear The extent to which the work of art) that supports each from the work of art) that supports things out from the artwork as elements, principles, paragraph. Evidence is explored the position statement. Evidence is visual evidence—just says what interpretation used to author supports the through the use of relevant persuasive explored through the use of relevant is there) that supports the talk about the artwork) observations of the artwork strategies. The writer anticipates the persuasive strategies. The writer has position statement. Persuasive to support the position with evidence. reader’s concerns, questions, biases or provided sufficient counter strategies are minimal. Counter statement. Persuasive arguments and has provided sufficient arguments. arguments are present, but strategies are absent. counter arguments. inadequate. No counter arguments are presented.

ORGANIZATION: The extent The essay reflects consistent The essay reflects consistent The essay reflects inconsistent The essay reflects little to which the writing follows organizational strategies and structures, organizational strategies and organizational strategies and or no organizational the outline, and maintains such as logical sequence and transitions, structures, such as logical sequence structures, such as logical strategies and to develop a position supported with a and transitions, to develop a position sequence and transitions, which structures, such as direction, focus, and purposeful presentation of content. supported with sufficient ineffectively develop a position logical sequence and coherence. Well-written topic sentences are found presentation of content. Topic with inadequate presentation of transitions, to develop a in each paragraph. sentences are found in each content. Topic sentences are position with paragraph. found in most paragraphs. insufficient presentation of content. Topic sentences are not presented.

CLOSING: The extent to which The conclusion is recognizable, There is no “why” in the the conclusion effectively The conclusion is evident and leaves the The conclusion is recognizable and but underdeveloped. The conclusion—the paper reminds the reader of the reader solidly understanding the developed sufficiently (opinion of the author’s position on the just ends. There may be writer’s position about the work and artwork and thoughts about whether successfulness of the artwork is a statement of opinion, author’s position and reasons. success of it. it is a successful work of art or not.) not fully reiterated within the but no explanation of closing paragraph. why the author feels a certain way. 5— 4— 3— 1-2— CATEGORY Mastery: ABOVE STANDARDS Proficiency: MEETS STANDARDS Approaching Proficiency: Unacceptable— SCORE (95-100) (85-94) APPROACHING STANDARDS Needs Improvement: (75-84) BELOW STANDARDS (65-75) STYLE: The extent to which the writing reveals an Word choice and sentence variety Word choice and sentence variety Word choice and sentences lack Word choice and lack of demonstrate a notable sense of demonstrate a sense of audience, variety and do not demonstrate sentence variety awareness of audience and audience, voice, purpose and create a voice, purpose and create a a sense of audience, voice and demonstrate an purpose through word consistent tone. consistent tone. purpose and interfere with unawareness of choice and sentence variety. tone. audience, voice and purpose and create an inconsistent tone.

CONVENTIONS: The extent Errors in spelling, sentence structure, ]There are few errors in spelling, There are some errors in There are many errors punctuation, paragraphing, sentence structure, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, in spelling, sentence to which the writing exhibits capitalization, and grammar are minimal paragraphing, capitalization, and punctuation, paragraphing, structure, punctuation, conventional spelling, and do not distract the reader from the grammar, but they do not distract the capitalization, and grammar and paragraphing, sentence structure, content or interfere with the reader’s reader from the content or interfere they distract the reader from capitalization, and punctuation, paragraphing, understanding. with the reader’s understanding. the content and interfere with grammar that distract capitalization, and grammar the reader’s understanding. the reader from the content and interfere with the reader’s understanding.

Notes: You will receive a 0% if you do not include a MLA format works cited for the artwork you looked at. Total Score: ______

(See examples below.) Grade: ______

Citation for Website:

Last name, First Name. Title. Date. Institution, city. Website name. Medium of reproduction. Date accessed .

Chagall, Marc. I and the Village. 1911. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Moma.org. Web. 20 Jan. 2015

browse_results.php?object_id=78984>.

Rauschenberg, Robert. Winter Pool. 1959. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Metmuseum.org. Web. 1 Dec. 2015

collection/the-collection-online/search/494509>.

Citation for book:

Last name, First Name. Title. Date. Institution, city. Title of the book. First and Last name of author. Publication city: Publisher, year. Page/plate number. Medium

of reproduction. Chagall, Marc. I and the Village. 1911. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Visual Experience. Jack Hobbs et al. Worcester: Davis, 2005. 442. Print.