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GRADING CRITERIA FOR WRITING 122 ESSAYS Grade Range => Include “plus” and “minus” grades F (0-5 points/0-59%) D (6 points/60-69%) C (7 points/70-79%) B (8 points/80-89%) A (9-10 Description of the Required Writing Skill Demonstrated (Read Down) Description of Performance in this skill (Read across) Doesn’t Meet Assignment Expectations for a 122 essay Back to the drawing board! Marginally Developing toward 122 expectations; Needs Improvement in this area. Needs some real attention and work! Beginning to meet expectations. Satisfies Requirements for this 122 essay but there is room for growth. A genuinely good beginning! Accomplished; meets expectations for a 122 essay. A job well done! Exemplary; exceeds expectations for a 122 essay. Excellent work in this area! BELOW ARE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT COMPLETION Paper follows instructions, fulfills the assignment. Your paper does not fulfill the assignment: it may be too short, too long, or not relevant to the assigned question. Your paper barely fulfills the requirements of the assignment: it may be too short, too long, or not quite relevant. It may use inadequate sources or rhetorical strategies. Your paper fulfills the requirements of the assignment according to size, relevance, source materials and rhetorical strategies. Your paper fulfills the requirements of the assignment according to size, relevance, source materials and rhetorical strategies. Fully developed, highly relevant, successful use of source materials and accomplished use of rhetorical strategies. Your paper more than fulfills the requirements of the assignment according to size, relevance, source materials and rhetorical strategies. Highly developed, relevant and inventive, successful use of source materials and accomplished use of rhetorical strategies. Paper makes use of materials learned in the course when No evidence that the writer has read or is using the course materials to produce Little evidence that the writer has read or is using the course materials to produce Some evidence that the writer has read or is using the course materials to Clear evidence that the writer has read or is using the course materials to produce the essay—skills of Strong evidence that the writer has read or is using the course materials to
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