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This comprehensive Writing Rubric Bundle includes five polished, ADA-informed rubrics designed for college writing and dual-enrollment courses, along with an editable blank rubric you can adapt for any assignment. Together, these tools support consistent, transparent assessment across a wide range of writing and project types. Developed by a college writing professor with assessment experience, each rubric uses clear, student-friendly language and focuses on the core dimensions of strong academi

This worksheet, designed for students in a community college studying grammar (Comp 1), but potentially applicable for grades 6-12 as well, uses grammatically incorrect celebrity tweets to teach students to identify and correct fragments and run-on sentences. The worksheet features 15 grammatically incorrect tweets from celebrities like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Stephen Colbert.

This Peer Review Checklist Bundle provides a cohesive set of structured peer review tools designed for college-level, dual-enrollment, and AP writing instruction. Together, these checklists help students give focused, constructive feedback across multiple writing genres while supporting revision and self-assessment. Each checklist is written in clear, student-friendly language and organized around the key elements instructors expect students to evaluate during peer review. The bundle is ideal fo

This Presentation Rubric provides a clear, accessible framework for evaluating student presentations in college and dual-enrollment courses. It assesses both the content of the presentation and the professional communication skills students are expected to develop in higher education. Designed by a college writing professor with experience in assessment, this rubric supports consistent, fair evaluation across multiple sections or instructors. Its categories cover the essential dimensions of stro

This worksheet teaches students how to understand and use semi-colons by finding and correcting grammatical errors in celebrity tweets. It was initially designed for the grammar portion of a Comp 1 class at a community college, but it could conceivably work well for students in grades 6-12 (depending on skill level). It would also work well in an ESL classroom and/or adult education. This 3 page worksheet features grammatically incorrect tweets from the likes of Zooey Deschanel, Michael Phelps,

This Literary / Analytical Essay Rubric provides a clear, accessible framework for evaluating analytical writing in literature-focused and humanities-based courses. It was designed for use in college writing and dual-enrollment classrooms, though it could be used in upper-level high school courses as well, and supports students in developing strong interpretation, evidence integration, and academic voice. The rubric is written in straightforward, student-friendly language, making expectations tr

Teaching research writing is challenging; assessing it shouldn’t be. This Research Essay Rubric provides a clear, ADA-conscious, student-friendly tool for evaluating research-based argumentation at the college level. Created by a former assessment specialist and current college writing professor, this rubric emphasizes clarity, transparency, and alignment with core academic writing outcomes. It works seamlessly for first-year composition, research writing, and any assignment requiring credible s

Assessing argument writing shouldn’t be complicated, and with this clean, ADA-accessible, student-friendly tool for evaluating argumentative and analytical writing at the college level, it isn't. Designed by a former assessment specialist and current college writing professor, this rubric balances clarity, rigor, and fairness. It communicates expectations transparently to students while supporting consistent grading across sections, instructors, and programs. This rubric would work beautifully i

This Creative Project Rubric provides a clear, accessible framework for evaluating creative work in college and dual-enrollment courses. It is designed for assignments that encourage originality, craft, and reflective thinking—such as digital media projects, visual compositions, multimodal work, creative writing, or cross-disciplinary creative tasks. Developed by a college writing professor with experience in assessment, this rubric emphasizes concept development, creativity, technical execution

This worksheet teaches students how to recognize and correct subject-verb agreement errors, pronoun-antecedent agreement errors, and consistency errors. It was initially designed for the grammar portion of a Comp 1 class at a community college, but it could conceivably work well for students in grades 6-12 (depending on skill level). It would also work well in an ESL classroom and/or adult education. This 6 page worksheet features grammatically incorrect tweets from the likes of Kayne West, Asht

This worksheet teaches students how to understand and create parallelism in their writing. It was initially designed for the grammar portion of a Comp 1 class at a community college, but it could conceivably work well for students in grades 6-12 (depending on skill level). It would also work well in an ESL classroom and/or adult education. This 2 page worksheet features grammatically incorrect tweets from the likes of Jason Mraz, Bethenny Frankel, and Usher.

This Modular Adjunct Syllabus Template is designed for instructors who teach multiple sections or courses and need a clear, efficient way to build and revise syllabi each term. The template uses a modular structure that allows instructors to update individual sections without reworking the entire document. At the front of the syllabus is a one-page Course Overview Snapshot, providing students with essential course information, grading categories, and communication details in a concise, accessibl

This Student-Friendly Syllabus Template is designed to help instructors present official, institution-approved syllabus content in a way that is clearer, more approachable, and easier for students to understand. It has also been designed with ADA compliance in mind, so you don't have to worry about any accessibility issues. Rather than replacing required policies, this template reframes them using plain language, clear headings, and student-centered organization. It is especially useful for ins

This Narrative Writing Peer Review Checklist provides a clear and organized framework for reviewing narrative essays and personal storytelling. Designed for college, AP, and dual-enrollment writing instruction, the checklist guides students through evaluating key elements of narrative craft, including ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. The checklist is written in accessible, student-friendly language, and offers space for comments in each category. It can

This Expository / Analytical Writing Peer Review Checklist provides a focused framework for reviewing essays that explain, interpret, or analyze ideas and texts. Designed for college, AP, and dual-enrollment writing instruction, the checklist helps students assess the clarity of the thesis, the development of ideas, the quality of analysis, the coherence of organization, and the effectiveness of academic style. The checklist is organized into key categories—Ideas & Content, Organization, Analysi

This Argumentative Writing Peer Review Checklist provides a clear, organized framework for students to use when reviewing argument essay drafts. Designed for college, advanced placement, and dual-enrollment writing instruction, the checklist helps students focus on the essential components of strong argument writing, including clarity of the claim, quality of evidence, organization, reasoning, academic style, and conventions. The checklist is written in accessible, student-friendly language and

This madlibs-style game allows students to put their parts of speech knowledge to the test in an entertaining way. Often, teaching college students about nouns, verbs, and adjectives can upset students because they feel like these are things they should already know (even though, often times, they don't). This allows teachers to overcome that resistance by turning it in to a nostalgic game. Each package includes worksheets for the students where they can list the requested parts of speech. I

This worksheet teaches students how to correctly use apostrophes. It was initially designed for the grammar portion of a Comp 1 class at a community college, but it could conceivably work well for students in grades 6-12 (depending on skill level). It would also work well in an ESL classroom and/or adult education. This 3 page worksheet features grammatically incorrect tweets from the likes of Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher, and Usher.

This worksheet teaches students how to understand and use commas when working with independent clauses and introductory elements. It was initially designed for the grammar portion of a Comp 1 class at a community college, but it could conceivably work well for students in grades 6-12 (depending on skill level). It would also work well in an ESL classroom and/or adult education. This 5 page worksheet features grammatically incorrect tweets from the likes of Zooey Deschanel, Jimmy Fallon, and L

This worksheet teaches students how to understand and use commas when working with listing, coordinating adjectives, and nonessential elements. It was initially designed for the grammar portion of a Comp 1 class at a community college, but it could conceivably work well for students in grades 6-12 (depending on skill level). It would also work well in an ESL classroom and/or adult education. This 7 page worksheet features grammatically incorrect tweets from the likes of Adam Levine, Jimmy Fallon