Summer Writing Assignment Rubric

	Mastery – 4	Proficient – 3	Satisfactory – 2	Needs Revision – 1
Claim	States clear, well-reasoned, nuanced claim and counterclaim	States clear, well-reasoned claim and counterclaim	States a logical, but vague claim	States an illogical or indefensible position
Support of claim	Thoroughly supports claims with several detailed, convincing, specific reasons/pieces of evidence as well as refuted counterclaims	Supports claims with multiple detailed, specific reasons/pieces of evidence as well as attempts at forming counterclaims/ refutations of them	Supports claims with multiple detailed, convincing specific reasons/pieces of evidence but neglects to make use of counterclaim	Supports claims with reasons/ evidence that are not convincing due to lack of detail, specificity, or clarity OR not having enough pieces of evidence to support each claim
Demonstrates knowledge	Consistently demonstrates deep knowledge of material in readings by constantly: using vocabulary, explaining examples clearly, incorporating statistics, etc.	Consistently demonstrates knowledge of material in readings by: using vocabulary, explaining examples clearly, incorporating statistics, etc and minor errors or occasions for further explanation may be present	Demonstrates knowledge of material in readings by using vocabulary, etc. but with multiple or glaring errors or lack of a detail	Does not demonstrate sufficient knowledge of material from readings through errors or lack of usage/ explanation.
Credit to sources	While writing in his/her own words, correctly completes an APA/MLA formatted bibliography AND properly cites within text	While writing in his/her own words, completes an APA/MLA formatted bibliography AND cites within text with minor errors	While writing in his/her own words, completes an APA/MLA formatted bibliography AND cites within text with minor errors but with clear errors	Bibliography, citations, or both are missing or it is obvious that student is not giving due credit to sources through his/her style of writing
Writing conventions	Writes elegantly and in a sophisticated manner while very consistently adhering to spelling and grammar conventions	Very consistently adheres to spelling and grammar conventions	Consistently adheres to spelling and grammar conventions	Mostly adheres to spelling and grammar conventions