Provided by the English department for use across the curriculum

Rubrics provide a clear set of criterion for evaluating a product.   Rubrics are not checklists with simple sets of requirements (or scoring guides).  

Well designed rubrics:

• Are task specific
• Create a commonality of expectations for students to follow
• Are used throughout the instructional process
• Should be used across the curriculum

The following is a list of types of  writings used across the curriculum.  Click on each to download a Word document that you can personalize. 

1. Five Paragraph Essay-A paper that includes an introductory paragraph as well as three body paragraphs along with a concluding paragraph.

2. Research Paper-A formal written report that includes research findings and a student’s own ideas.

3. Compare/Contrast Essay-a piece of writing that shows similarities and differences among characters, ideas, or other elements.

4. Descriptive Essay-An essay that describes, in detail, an event or other specified topic.

5. Character Analysis Essay-The analysis of a character within a specified text.

6. Literary Analysis-A paper that analyzes a text using insight, this may or may not require outside sources.

7. Persuasive Essay-An essay that attempts to persuade the reader.

8. Narrative Essay-An essay that tells a story. Most essays of this type spring from an event or experience in the writer’s life.

9. Opinion Essay-An essay that presents an opinion it may or may not require outside sources.

10. Expository Essay-An essay which shares, explains, suggests, or explores information, emotion, and ideas.

11. Short Story-A genre or form of prose fiction; shorter than a novel, and normally dealing with fewer characters and less action.

12. Process Essay-An essay that describes a process in detail.

13. Business Letter-Business Letter is a letter written in a formal language, usually used by writing to a corporation or a large organization. The business letter usually follows the block format.