Criteria for Keep it up! Opportunities Want to talk? paper 2 on GFR (Met expectations) (Inconsistently met (Didn't meet and article expectations) expectations) Content Responds to Responds to the Does not respond assigned topic. assigned topic. to assigned topic. (40%) Is insightful and Has an argument. No argument. interesting. Argument could No details or Shows critical include more critical evidence. thinking. Has a thinking or analysis. Examples may not strong, logical The argument fit the topic. argument. Includes could include more Repetitive or appropriate details, details, examples, confusing content. examples, details, or evidence or less Does not use a and evidence. summary. source Evidence from GFR Evidence could and article is cited connect to point correctly. better or cite more correctly. Too many quotes Organization Thesis is in the first Thesis is in the first No thesis or thesis paragraph. paragraph. is not in the (30%) Intro could have Introduction has introduction. more background. appropriate No transition Thesis could be background and words. stronger. hooks the reader. No conclusion. Topic sentence(s) Each paragraph Paragraphing is not could be stronger has one idea. clear. reasons or connect to Evidence is in the Hard to follow. thesis. Does not use middle. SEE format. Transition words Body paragraphs connect ideas. could be on different points, include more Conclusion wraps examples, evidence, up the topic and or development. predicts or expands. Grammar virtually free of Noticeable errors in Many distracting sentence errors: awk sentences, errors in awk (30%) awk sentences, punct, sp, frag, sentences, punctuation errors run-ons, verbs, punctuation, sp, or sp errors. Has vocab, pronouns, frags, run-ons, or sentence variety sentence variety. verbs. and appropriate vocabulary.
Criteria for paper 2 on GFR and article Keep it up! (Met expectations) Opportunities (Inconsistently met expectations) Want to talk? (Didn't meet expectations) Content (40%) Responds to assigned topic. Is insightful and interesting. Shows critical thinking. Has a strong, logical argument. Includes appropriate details, examples, details, and evidence. Evidence from GFR and article is cited correctly. Responds to the assigned topic. Has an argument. Argument could include more critical thinking or analysis. The argument could include more details, examples, or evidence or less summary. Evidence could connect to point better or cite more correctly. Too many quotes Does not respond to assigned topic. No argument. No details or evidence. Examples may not fit the topic. Repetitive or confusing content. Does not use a source Organization (30%) Thesis is in the first paragraph. Introduction has appropriate background and hooks the reader. Each paragraph has one idea. Evidence is in the middle. Transition words connect ideas. Conclusion wraps up the topic and predicts or expands. Thesis is in the first paragraph. Intro could have more background. Thesis could be stronger. Topic sentence(s) could be stronger reasons or connect to thesis. Does not use SEE format. Body paragraphs could be on different points, include more examples, evidence, or development. No thesis or thesis is not in the introduction. No transition words. No conclusion. Paragraphing is not clear. Hard to follow. Grammar (30%) virtually free of sentence errors: awk sentences, punctuation errors or sp errors. Has sentence variety and appropriate vocabulary. Noticeable errors in awk sentences, punct, sp, frag, run-ons, verbs, vocab, pronouns, sentence variety. Many distracting errors in awk sentences, punctuation, sp, frags, run-ons, or verbs.
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