Appendix II: Integrative Essay

Grading Criteria Rubric for the Integrative Essay
Dimensions
Exceeds Standards
Meets Standards
Does Not Meet Standards
Summary
10 points
Summary demonstrates perceptiveness and precision in briefly and accurately identifying and describing the contents of the lectures or events 8-10 points
Summary briefly and accurately identifies and describes the contents of the lectures or events 5-7 points
Summary may be missing, events confusingly identified or described, or too detailed 0-4 points
Analysis
15 points
Essay demonstrates perceptiveness and exceptional critical analysis and thinking about the ideas and topics presented in the lectures and events, including the writer’s opinion with support 13-15 points
Essay demonstrates perceptiveness and critical analysis and thinking about the ideas and topics, including the writer’s opinion with support
9-12 points
Essay missing introspection or level of analysis expected in college writing 0-8 points
Engaged Citizenship for Change
20 points
Essay reflects multi-leveled understanding of how themes of engaged citizenship are present in the lectures and why events promote change for a common good 17-20 points
Essay reflects some understanding of how themes of engaged citizenship are present in the lectures and why events promote change for a common good 10-16 points
Essay fails to demonstrate understanding of how themes of engaged citizenship are presented in the lectures and events as a catalyst for change 0-9 points
Personal Application
20 points
Essay is specific and perceptive in its appropriate application of the lectures or events to the writer’s life or experiences 17-20 points
Essay applies the lectures or events to the writer’s life or experiences, perhaps with some lack of clarity or appropriateness 10-16 points
Essay fails to apply the lectures or events to the writer’s life or experiences in a clear or specific or appropriate fashion 0-9 points
Integration
20 points
Essay demonstrates advanced analytical skills in relating the lectures or events being discussed to each other; essay demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the ECCE themes and issues involved 17-20 points
Essay rationally relates the lectures or events being discussed to each other; essay demonstrates some understanding of the ECCE themes and issues involved 10-16 points
Essay may fail to relate the lectures or events being discussed to each other, or to the central issues of engaged citizenship, OR the relationships described may be unclear, vague, or fail to understand the ECCE themes or issues involved 0-9 points
College-level Writing
15 points
Essay demonstrates superior clarity, coherence, citation of sources and virtually all of the qualities of college-level writing 13-15 points
Essay demonstrates reasonable clarity, coherence, citation of sources and most of the qualities of college-level writing 9-12 points
Essay lacks clarity, coherence, citation of sources and/or several of the qualities of college-level writing 0-8 points

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