Rubric 1 Assessment Rubric

Rubric 1—Assessment Rubric

Essay Question: To what extent did the early attempts at censoring films find their way into the modern-day rating system for films, music, and videos?

Feature 10-9 8-7 6-5 4-3 2-1 SCORE Argument: Clear, Thesis is well- Thesis must be Limited or partially Confused, No thesis or an well-developed developed and consistent and developed thesis unsupported, irrelevant one thesis; addresses clearly focused; controlled; may which addressed poorly developed complexity of acknowledges the not be as focused question thesis question complexity of the as in top category somewhat question itself Critical Thought: In-depth Analysis of More descriptive Limited Inadequate or Analysis of document several sources than analytic; may understanding of inaccurate documents; analysis; (documentary and not discuss entire question; understanding of relevance of confrontation and outside) question ineffective or question outside discussion of inaccurate information; conflicting sources analysis discussion of and information; conflicting relevance of evidence outside knowledge to the argument Evidence: Logical Balance between Considerable use May paraphrase Poor use of Almost no use of and balanced use documents and of documents and documents and documents-often documents or of documents and outside outside exhibit only only a brief evidence; outside information; liberal information; less sketchy outside citation or attempts are information; use of both; may discussion of evidence; may paraphrase; little confused or displays include an relationships have errors outside inappropriate; sophisticated occasional, among sources information, which major errors knowledge of insignificant error is often subject inaccurate; may contain major errors Writing Style: Must be well- Clearly organized Acceptable Weak Disorganized and Organization; organized and and written; not organization and organization and poorly written clarity; mechanical well-written; exceptional but writing writing skill cogent logical

SCORE: _____/40 PERCENTAGE = _____%