Writing Rubric: Reflective Essay

WRITING RUBRIC: REFLECTIVE ESSAY 1 – Non-Profit Volunteering 4 3 2 1 CRITERIA ADVANCED PROFICIENT BASIC BELOW BASIC OCCASION FOR REFLECTION Responses show that the writer Responses show that the writer Responses show that the writer Responses show that the writer  An experience the writer  meets all the criteria  chose an organization that  chose a non-profit  chose a non-profit would like to have listed in Score Point 3. fulfills the requirement and organization that did fulfill organization that did not  Volunteering for a cause the  uses extended detail the writer believes in the requirement fulfill the requirement writer believes in like a writer  presents the experience  does not go deeply enough  No religious or political  uses language to be through use of concrete, into the reflection organizations convincing sensory language, and  talks too much about  shows depth of critical narrative accounts that himself/herself instead of thought effectively use description the experience  is creative and original and action verbs  uses concrete detail  effectively focuses on a  does not seem to really care single subject including about the cause related experiences and observations REFLECTION  implicitly reveals  is thoughtful, convincing,  is limited to generalizations  uses only simple, obvious  exploring feelings and thoughts insightful, and exploratory. or stereotypes statements  analyzing through presentation of the  firmly believes in the  does not really seem to  is not convincing in experience organization understand the duties of the arguments that the  makes the reader  reveals a strong connection volunteers for the organization is important to understand the importance with the community organization the community of volunteering through use  analyzes the experience by  does not convince the reader of specific detail looking at more than one that the writer really cares  makes the reader feel angle about the organization or the writer could really enjoy  explores the subject in helping the community volunteering at the non-profit personal and general reflections WRITING STRATEGIES  effectively uses writing  uses a variety of writing  uses few purposeful writing  does not attempt to - using specific, concrete details strategies to enhance strategies, combining strategies elaborate ideas or - comparing, contrasting reflection sentences and using variety  uses some details and elaborates only through - naming, describing  writing helps the reader of sentence structures sensory language repetition of the initial - explaining possibilities see the writer being a  uses specific, concrete statement - creating a scenario concerned citizen details to make the reflection  does not demonstrate critical clear to the reader thinking COHERENCE AND STYLE  consistently uses  achieves unity through  uses only simple,  does not have coherence in appropriate language a natural progression of generic language writing  shows deep insight ideas  has lack of coherence  Is not organized in writing through a natural flow  uses precise language  has the tendency to get  Does not use proper of ideas and an  helps the reader see off topic sentence structure effective conclusion the experience