Community Challenge Essay Rubric


Name: ___________________________________
Grading Rubric for Community Challenge Essay
Introduction (36 percent)
_____Moves from the general to the specific
_____Is based on facts alone (no opinion)
_____Identifies a White Oak policy
_____Ends with a thesis statement that suggest a viable alternative to a current policy
Body (36 percent)
_____Supports the thesis
_____Has topic sentences that link back to the thesis
_____Contains supporting information that explains the topic (at least six sources, including at least two interviews)
_____Links the paragraphs with transitions (examples:  first, second, finally, most important)
Conclusion (16 percent)
_____Has a topic sentence that summarizes the essay by reiterating the thesis
_____Suggests the benefits of adopting your idea (some opinion)
Paper will be (12 percent):
__­­­___Typed according to the MLA format
_____Include a Works Cited page that follows the MLA format
_____Be three to four pages long (this page count does not include works cited)
_____Turned in by Monday, April 23, 2012