All Classes: Open-Ended Question Rubric

Please copy the following rubric and add it to your English binder notes.

Open-Ended Question Rubric
Score Point	Correct Response	Embedded Text Support	Awesome Analysis Supported By Text
0	No	No	N/A
1	Yes	No	N/A
1	No	Yes	N/A
2	Yes	Yes	N/A
2	Yes	Yes	Average
3	Yes	Yes	Awesome!
1	Yes	Yes	Unsupported

All it takes to get a Score Point "2" on the open-ended questions is a correct answer and a quote supporting that answer embedded in your own words. Assume your reader has not read the story and cannot make the same connections between answer and text that you can.

Do not repeat your answer in the quote, or vice-versa (e.g. Scrooge's partner Marley was as dead as a doornail. We know this because in the opening chapter the narrator says "Old Marley was as dead as a doornail."). This will only score you a 1. (Shame, shame, I know your name.)

While you can spend considerable time and effort crafting what you hope will earn a 3, it is possible that your reader won't be as impressed with your commentary as you are (knocking you down to a 2, which you could have had with far less time and effort spent), or s/he will find some detail that you thought was supported by text that they don't see that way (knocking you down to a 1 and burying you in shame).

If you're not fatigued after working for a 3 or a 4 on the essay, go back and re-visit your OEQ response(s). (Then again, if you aren't fatigued after the essay, you probably won't be scoring a 3 or a 4 on it. Just sayin'.)