Ender's Game Project Essay Rubric
IntroductionHook
Background
1
Student
provides no
hook.
2
Student provides an
appropriate hook i.e.
a question
Student
provides little
or no
background.
Student writes 2-3
sentences about the
play.
Thesis Statement Student
provides no
thesis
statement.
Student attempts an
thesis inappropriate
sentence; which does
not outline the entire
essay
3
Student provides a
hook that is
appropriate and
relevant
4
5
Student provides a Students provides a
hook that is
hook that is relevant
appropriate, relevant, and engaging, that
and engaging
propels the reader
forward
Student writes 4-7 Student writes a 5-7 Student writes a 5-7
lines about the play summary of the play summary of the play
and identifies the
which identifies the which identifies the
conflict of the play. conflict; character of conflict; character of
focus as an
focus as an antagonist
antagonist or
or protagonist;
protagonist;
provides the time and
setting.
Student places
Student places
Thesis Statement a
appropriate thesis appropriate sentence sentence that tells the
statement in wrong in penultimate
reader what your essay
place
sentence of
will be about- Last
introduction
sentence of 1st
paragraph
Body
ParagraphsTopic Sentence
Student does Student attempts a
not provide a sentence that does
topic sentence. not outline the focus
of the paragraph
Student attempts a
topic sentence that
somewhat outlines
the focus of the
paragraph
Context
Student
Student provides
Student provides
provides no plot little plot information adequate plot
information
proceeding the
information
proceeding the quotation
proceeding the
quotation
quotation
Quotation
Student
provides no
quotations
Infer-Explain
what the
character does
about their
reputation
Student does Student attempts to Student uses
not infer how infer how the
inference to
the character character feels about determine the
feels about their their reputation;
emotion of the
reputation
however, the analysis character
is not logical or well
Student attempts a
topic sentence that
somewhat outlines
the focus of the
paragraph but places
the sentence in the
wrong place.
Student provides
appropriate plot
information
proceeding the
quotation
Student paraphrases Student provides
Student provides
action from the play. relevant Quotations relevant Quotations
that demonstrate the
cause and effect
relationship between
the focal characters'
reputations and their
actions
Student provides a
sentence that clearly
outlines the focus of
the essay; and is the 1st
or 2nd
sentence of the
paragraph.
Student provides
accurate plot
information that
informs the reader of
the action that proceeds
the quotation
Student provides
relevant Quotations
that demonstrate the
cause and effect
relationship between
the focal characters'
reputations and their
actions, and provide
accurate citations (page
numbers)
Student uses
Student uses inference
inference to
to accurately determine
accurately determine the state of the
the state of the
psychological state of
psychological
the character(s) and
demonstrates how the
feeling
supported
propels the character to
action.
Students attempts to Student closes the Student closes the
The Student uses
close the paragraph paragraph by
paragraph with
analysis of the
without providing
providing irrelevant appropriate character paragraph to accurately
character analysis. or inappropriate
analysis
conclude the
character analysis
psychological state and
or character traits of
their focal character.
Closing
paragraph
Student does
not conclude
the paragraph
Transition
sentence
Student essay
provides no
transitions
The Student's essay The Student's essay
unsuccessfully
contains 1 transition
attempts a transition sentences that bring
sentence that brings the reader to the
the reader to the next next paragraph by
paragraph by order of order of sequence,
sequence, location, location,
importance, or
importance, or
significance.
significance.
ConclusionSummarize the 3
main points of
your essay
Student does
not summarize
the essays 3
main points
The Student
unsuccessfully
attempts to
summarize the
essay's 3 main points
Character
Analysis
Student
provides no
character
analysis
Student
unsuccessfully
attempts to provides
character analysis
Reflection &
Conclusion
The Student
provides no
reflection
The Student's essay The Student's essay
contains 2 transition contains 3 or more
sentences that bring transition sentences
the reader to the next that bring the reader to
paragraph by order of the next paragraph by
sequence, location, order of sequence,
importance, or
location, importance,
significance.
or significance.
The Student
The Student attempts
attempts to
to summarize the
summarize the
essay's 2 main points
essay's 1 main points
The Student
successfully
summarizes the essay's
all main points/
The Student
The Student
The Student
acknowledges all 3 acknowledges all 3 acknowledges all 3
main points and uses main points and uses main points and uses
this information to this information to this information to
determine the
determine the
determine the
character and
psychological state of psychological state of
analyze the overall the character and
the character and
character traits of analyze the overall analyze the overall
the focal
character traits of the character traits of the
character(s),
focal character(s).
focal character(s), and
recognizes why the
character is static or
dynamic.
The students reflects The Student reflects The Student reflects The Student reflects on
on the play by
on the play by
on their essay by
their essay by stating
summarizing plot
recounting the
stating what they
what they think can be
points
character traits of think can be learned learned by the play's
the character of
by the play's theme theme; and determines
study
what the Author
wanted the readers to
learn;