MYP Rubric Review

Criterion A

100

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Criterion A (Analysis) is your ability to _________, _________, and __________ about a text.

Criterion A is your ability to understand, speak about, and write about a text.

200

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Strand Aii measures your ability to "find interesting ________ the author makes and explain why they’re important"

Find interesting choices the author makes and explain why they’re important

300

Which two strands are the most similar?

Ai and Aii

400

Name one thing you should do if you want to get a 7-8 on strand Aiii

• Include enough direct, relevant evidence

• Make sure your analysis links your evidence to your TS

• Use relevant "English class" vocab

500

Name the strand:

"Your thesis is too simple; it's discussing a theme topic when it really should be discussing a theme statement."

Ai

Criterion B

100

Which strand is focused on the structure of your writing and making sure you follow your organizer?

Bi

200

Fill in the blank:

Criterion B is your ability to _______ your ideas.

Criterion B is your ability to organize your ideas.

300

Name the strand:

"It was not a good idea to use light yellow text on a white background."

Biii

400

Name the strand:

"You topic sentences are quite weak; they don't do a good job of introducing the main idea of each paragraph."

Bi

500

Name the strand and a solution:

"The order your evidence is in is confusing."

Strand: Bii

Solution: Put your evidence in chronological order

Criterion C

100

Fill in the blank:

Criterion C is your ability to write with __________.

Criterion C is your ability to write with intentionality.

200

Fill in the blank:

Cii measures your ability to use ________ to improve your writing

Cii measures your ability to use literary/visual devices to improve your writing

300

Name the strand:

"You didn't include enough context."

Ciii

400

Which strand is related to the revisions you make while writing?

Ci

500

Name one thing you should do if you want to get a 7-8 in Ciii.

• Use the best evidence available

• Include an appropriate amount of context

• Include context in the correct places

Criterion D

100

Fill in the blanks:

Diii requires you to use correct __________ and ___________.

Diii requires you to use correct grammar and punctuation.

200

Name one thing you need to do to get a 7-8 in Dv.

• Maintain good posture and “plant” yourself (no swaying)

• Eye contact

• Use your hands to make purposeful gestures while speaking

• Use facial expressions to show that you’re engaged

300

Which strand requires you to smoothly incorporate quotations into your writing?

Di

400

Name the strand:

"You used slang like 'gonna,' which made your writing more informal."

Dii

500

For Div, which will result in a lower score:

A) Misspelling a character's name

B) Misspelling a complicated word

A) Misspelling a character's name

Mixed Bag

100

Fill in the blanks:

Strand Di measures your ability to make your writing non-repetitive by using strong __________ and varied ______________.

Make your writing non-repetitive by using strong vocabulary and varied sentence structures

200

Name the Criterion and strand:

"You did a great job highlighting interesting differences between the two texts."

Aiv

300

Name the Criterion and strand:

“You included enough evidence, but your analysis about the setting didn’t have much detail.”

Ai

400

Name the Criterion and strand:

"Your transition words and phrases make the connections between your ideas really clear."

Bii

500

Name the Criterion and strand:

"You included in-text citations, but they weren't in proper MLA format; you incorretly included a comma between the author's name and the page number."

Biii