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Rubrics for Writing and Reading



For any essay you are required to write, ask your teacher the minimum length requirement. The rubrics below may vary in length suggestions.

The Writing Process:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/09/freshman-english-and-ap-english-writing.html

Proofreading Checklist (Staple to the front of your essay.):
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/02/proofreading-checklist-attach-to-front.html

How to Write an Evaluative Essay:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/02/freshman-english-how-to-write.html

How to Analyze and Evaluate an Argument:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2017/12/how-to-evaluate-argument.html

Peer Editing of Essays (You Can Also Use to Check Your Own Essay):
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/02/peer-editing-of-essays.html  

Peer Editing of Research Essay (You Can Also Use to Check Your Own Essay):
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/research-paper-peer-editing-generic.html 

Rubric for Scoring an Analysis of Argument Essay:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analysis-of-argumentative-essay-scoring.html

General Essay Rubric:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/04/essay-rubric.html#more

New SAT Scoring Guide:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2017/08/new-sat-essay-scoring-rubric-2016-for.html#more

Short Story Presentation Rubric:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/04/short-story-presentation-rubric.html#more

Rubric for Argumentative Essay:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/02/rubric-for-argumentative-essay-on-ap.html#more

Rubric for Narrative Essay:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2017/09/narrative-essay-rubric.html#more

Rubric for Compare and Contrast Essay:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/09/comparecontrast-essay-rubric.html#more

Rubrics for New SAT Essay:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-new-sat-essay-2016.html#more

How to Write a Synthesis Essay (Developed for the AP Exam but Appropriate for Any Essay in Which You Discuss Multiple Source Documents--i.e., Different Texts):
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/02/responding-to-synthesis-prompt.html

How to Write the New SAT Essay:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2017/08/how-to-write-new-sat-essay.html#more

How to Write an Analysis Essay:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2016/08/see-also-post-explains-analysis.html#more

How to Write a Literary Analysis Essay
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/01/english-i-how-to-write-literary.html#more

Reading Strategies:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/08/all-classes-reading-strategies.html

Rubric for Essay on Theme of Tolerance:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2017/03/enc-1101-sample-opening-paragraph-for.html

How to Lead a Discussion:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/01/all-classes-scholar-led-discussions_23.html 

Comparing and Contrasting Fiction and Film:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/comparing-and-contrasting-book-and-film.html 

Writing the College Essay:
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/p/writing-college-essay.html 

Writing the ACT Essay: 
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/p/the-act-essay.html

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