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MacBeth Literary Essay Rubric

English 12 Name:

High (5) Medium (3) Low (1)


Fluency The essay includes at least five The essay includes five The essay does not include five
well-developed paragraphs. paragraphs, but they are not paragraphs or the choppiness
The sentences are easy to well-developed or the language of the language distracts from
follow and help to make the is choppy. meaning.
essay understandable.
Development The essay includes a clear claim The essay includes a relatively The essay lacks a clear claim or
that closely connects to the clear claim. Some pieces of does not seem to connect the
evidence. It includes specific, evidence support the claim. claim to the evidence. It lacks
well-chosen evidence that There is a counterclaim, but the evidence or does not support
supports the claim. It includes rebuttal does not support the the claim at all. There is no
a counterclaim and logical claim. The interpretation may acknowledgement of
rebuttal. The interpretation not make sense or does not counterclaims. The
makes sense and clearly clearly support the claim. interpretation does not make
supports the claim. sense and does not support the
claim.
Organization The essay includes body The essay is organized in a The essay does not include
paragraphs in the most reasonable order to support organize body paragraphs in a
appropriate order to support the claim. The transitions particular order to provide
the claim. The transitions might make the essay easier to clear support for the claim. The
between examples and read. transitions between examples
paragraphs make for smooth and between paragraphs are
reading. choppy and distract from
meaning.
Editing/Correctness The essay is essentially error The essay includes occasional The essay includes multiple
free. There is a sense of careful errors. Some sense of editing is errors. Little or sense of editing
editing. obvious. is present.
MLA/Citations The essay is formatted in MLA This essay has some errors in The essay in not in MLA format
perfectly. There are no citation MLA formatting. There may be and/or has more than 5
errors. citation errors as well. citations errors.

Total Score out of 50 possible points:

Additional Comments/Concerns:

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