Journal Report, Template, Rubrics
Journal Report, Template, Rubrics
Journal Report, Template, Rubrics
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Bibliographic Details:
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Part III: Two Lingering Questions
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CATEGORY Above Standards Meets Standards Approaching Standards Below Standards Score
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Category Excellent Very Good Average Needs Unacceptable Score
Improvement
Ideas This essay is This essay The student is Topic is not The paper has
clear and is mostly beginning to well-defined no clear sense
focused. It focused and define the and/or there of purpose or
holds the has some topic, even are too many central theme.
instructor's good though topics. To extract
attention. details and development meaning from
Relevant quotes. is still basic or the text, the
details and general. instructor
quotes enrich must make
the central inferences
theme. based on
sketchy or
missing
details.
Organization The Paper (and The Sentences The writing
organization paragraphs) organizational within lacks a clear
enhances and are mostly structure is paragraphs sense of
showcases organized, strong enough make sense, direction.
the central in order, to move the but the order Ideas, details,
idea or and makes reader through of paragraphs or events
theme. The sense to the the text does not seem strung
order, reader. without too together in a
structure of much loose or
information confusion. random
is compelling fashion; there
and moves is no
the instructor identifiable
through the internal
text. structure.
Sentence The writing The writing The text hums The text seems The reader
Fluency has an easy mostly along with a choppy and is has to practice
flow, rhythm, flows, and steady beat, not easy to quite a bit to
and cadence. usually but tends to be read orally. give this
Sentences are invites oral more paper a fair
well built, reading. businesslike interpretive
with strong than musical, reading.
and varied more
structure that mechanical
invites than fluid.
expressive
oral reading.
Conventions The student The student The student The writer Errors in
demonstrates understands shows seems to have spelling,
a good grasp good reasonable made little punctuation,
of standard writing control over a effort to use capitalization,
writing conventions limited range conventions: usage, and
conventions and usually of standard spelling, grammar
(e.g., uses them writing punctuation, and/or
spelling, correctly. conventions. capitalization, paragraphing
punctuation, Essay is Conventions usage, repeatedly
capitalization, easily read, are sometimes grammar distract the
grammar, and errors handled well and/or reader and
usage, are rare; and enhance paragraphing make the text
paragraphing) minor readability; at have multiple difficult to
and uses touch-ups other times, errors. read.
conventions would get errors are
effectively to this piece distracting and
enhance ready to impair
readability. publish. readability.
Presentation The form and The format The writer's The writer's The reader
presentation only has a message is message is receives a
of the text few understandable only garbled
enhances the mistakes in this format. understandable message due
ability for the and is occasionally, to problems
reader to generally and paper is relating to the
understand easy to read messily presentation
and connect and written. of the text,
with the pleasing to and is not
message. It is the eye. typed.
pleasing to
the eye.