How do you grade my essays?
I am required to grade your papers according to the Hinds English department’s grading chart for your class.
See the chart below.
Each paper is evaluated according to its content, organization, grammar, and style.
- For a review on content, organization, and style, read the pages in The Writing Process module.
- For a review of grammar, go to the Grammar Review And Resources page.
District Theme Grading Chart: English Composition I
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_____ A (100‐90) _____rich content _____engaging title _____engaging introduction _____readily identifiable central focus _____meaningful pattern of development _____thoroughly supported assertions _____stylistic techniques and devices _____fresh and highly specific phrasing _____varied sentence structure _____varied, concise, precise vocabulary _____identifiable tone _____artful transitions _____no major mechanical errors _____few minor mechanical errors _____correct MLA form
_____B (89-80) _____informative, interesting content _____readily identifiable central focus _____clear, logical pattern of development _____well supported assertions _____varied sentence structure _____concise, pleasing vocabulary _____generally smooth transitions _____no more than one major mechanical error _____few minor mechanical errors _____few minor errors in MLA form ************************************* Note: Each of the following errors counts as one major fragment fused or run‐on sentence comma splice verb error subject/verb disagreement three different misspelled words three of the following minor errors: incorrect punctuation, pronoun/antecedent disagreement, |
_____C (79-70) _____average content _____competent organization _____generalities; acceptable support _____predictable sub‐vb sentence pattern _____occasional redundancies; oversimplified and/or limited vocabulary _____frequent choppiness; weak transition _____no more than two major mech. errors _____several minor mechanical errors _____violation of MLA form _____general lack of imagination and intellectual rigor
_____D (69-60) _____underdeveloped content _____inconsistent, ineffective pattern of organization _____insufficient support _____awkward, ambiguous sentences _____limited and/or misused vocabulary _____choppiness; serious lack of transition _____no more than three major mechanical errors _____many minor mechanical errors _____violation of MLA form _____appears to have been written in haste and/or with little regard for composition standards and/or with few composition skills
_____ F (Below 60) _____superficial treatment of topic _____lack of support _____high frequency of errors in standard English _____four or more major mechanical errors _____ideas, organization, and style fall far below the level of acceptable college writing
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