WRITING RUBRIC: REFLECTIVE ESSAY

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CRITERIA ADVANCED PROFICIENT BASIC Comments
OCCASION FOR
REFLECTION
A thing
experienced


Responses show that the writer
meets all the criteria listed

o memorably presents the experience for the
reflection.
o uses extended detail like a writer.
o uses language to be convincing.
o shows great depth of thought.
o is creative and original.
o reveals ideas through use of comparison and
imagery.
o Responses show that the writer presents
the experience through use of concrete,
sensory language, quotations, and
narrative accounts that effectively use
dialogue, action, and pacing.
o effectively focuses on a single subject
including related experiences and
observations.
o Responses show that the writer
does not go deeply enough into the
reflection.
o talks too much about
himself/herself instead of the
experience.
o uses concrete detail.

REFLECTION
exploring
analyzing
o implicitly reveals feelings and thoughts
through presentation of the experience.
o makes the reader understand the abstract
ideas underlying the reflection through use of
specific detail.

o is thoughtful, convincing, insightful, and
exploratory.
o Is firmly grounded in the subject.
o reveals a strong connection between the
subject and the experience(s).
o analyzes the experience by looking at
more than one angle.
o explores the subject in personal and
general reflections.
o is limited to flimsy generalizations.
WRITING
STRATEGIES
- using specific,
concrete details
- comparing, contrasting
- naming, describing
- reporting conversation
- reviewing the history
- explaining possibilities
- creating a scenario
o effectively uses writing strategies to enhance
reflection.
o uses a variety of writing strategies.
o uses specific, concrete details to make
the reflection clear to the reader.


o uses few purposeful writing
strategies.
o uses some details and sensory
language.

COHERENCE AND
STYLE
o consistently uses appropriate language.
o shows deep insight through a natural flow of
ideas and an effective conclusion.
o achieves unity through a natural
progression of ideas.
o uses precise language.

o uses only simple, generic
language.
o has lapses in coherence.
o has the tendency to digress.

Blog post o The comments clearly demonstrates that the
author understood the blog
o The authors position is clearly stated
o The blog comments contributes to the
conversation

o The comments demonstrates that the
author understood the blog
o The authors position is stated
o The blog comments contributes to the
conversation
o
o The comments vaguely
demonstrates that the author
understood the blog
o The authors position is somewhat
stated



-1 if all 3 blog posts are not present

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