What is the main point that the author is trying to make in the source? When was the source written and have things changed that might affect its validity? Rubric for First Year Argumentative Essay The following rubric (next page) provides a way of evaluating the generic skills that are involved in writing an argumentative essay. Specific discipline knowledge might need to be added as a criterion. Criterion Very Poor Poor Average Good Excellent provides little does not identifies and clearly clearly evidence of identify or analyzes identifies identifies and their ability to analyze most important important insightfully understand of the features of the features of the analyzes and analyze important argument and arguments and important the argument features of the features of the Argument of argument, and argument although some analyzes them analysis is in a thoughtful Analysis present way provides little is limited in develops and develops ideas develops ideas evidence of the logical organizes ideas clearly, cogently, the ability to development satisfactorily organizes organizes develop an and them logically, them logically, of organized organization of and connects and connects response ideas them with them with appropriate clear transitions transitions Organisation
What is the main point that the author is trying to make in the source? When was the source written and have things changed that might affect its validity? Rubric for First Year Argumentative Essay The following rubric (next page) provides a way of evaluating the generic skills that are involved in writing an argumentative essay. Specific discipline knowledge might need to be added as a criterion. Criterion Very Poor Poor Average Good Excellent Analysis of Argument provides little evidence of their ability to understand and analyze the argument does not identify or analyze most of the important features of the argument, although some analysis is present identifies and analyzes important features of the argument and clearly identifies important features of the arguments and and analyzes them in a thoughtful way clearly identifies and insightfully analyzes important features of the argument Organisation of provides little evidence of the ability to develop an organized response is limited in the logical development and organization of ideas develops and organizes ideas satisfactorily develops ideas clearly, organizes them logically, and connects them with appropriate transitions develops ideas cogently, organizes them logically, and connects them with clear transitions