"The Little Book of Bull's Eye Investing" by John Mauldin

The book review should be exactly 6 pages.  The first page will be a title page of the name of the book along with your name on it.  The remaining 5 pages will discuss the book and focus on what you learned from the book. The due date for the book review is Friday July 24th by 11:55 p.m. The review must be New Times Roman font size 12 double spaced with one inch margins. Keep the format simple:  Have an introduction, the main body of the paper discussing the book, and a brief conclusion.

Written Communication Rubric

The rubric below is modified from the VALUE rubric offered by the AAC&U for use at Fayetteville State University. Fayetteville State University’s Writing Across the Curriculum

Program is grateful that the AAC&U made its rubrics available online for use. Minor changes have been made to this rubric for usability on our campus.

The VALUE rubrics were developed by teams of faculty experts representing colleges and universities across the United States through a process that examined many existing campus rubrics and

related documents for each learning outcome and incorporated additional feedback from faculty. The rubrics articulate fundamental criteria for each learning outcome, with performance descriptors

demonstrating progressively more sophisticated levels of attainment. The rubrics are intended for institutional-level use in evaluating and discussing student learning, not for grading. The core

expectations articulated in all 15 of the VALUE rubrics can and should be translated into the language of individual campuses, disciplines, and even courses.  The utility of the VALUE rubrics is

to position learning at all undergraduate levels within a basic framework of expectations such that evidence of learning can by shared nationally through a common dialog and understanding of

student success.

To compare this modified rubric with the original AAC&U rubric, visit

http://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/index.cfm

SCORE

Capstone

4

Milestones

3                                                          2

Benchmark

1

0

Genre and Disciplinary Conventions

Formal and informal rules inherent in the expectations for writing in particular forms and/or academic fields).

Demonstrates detailed attention to and successful execution of a wide range of conventions particular to a specific discipline and/or writing task (s) including  organization,  presentation, and formatting.

Demonstrates consistent use of important conventions particular to a specific discipline and/or writing task(s), including organization, presentation, and formatting.

Follows expectations appropriate to a specific discipline and/or writing task(s) for basic organization, presentation, and formatting.

Attempts to use a consistent system for basic organization, presentation, and formatting.

No consistent system for basic organization, presentation, and formatting is discernible.

Sources and Evidence

Use of referencing the book is relevant, accurate and represents the contents of the book.

Demonstrates skillful use of high-quality, credible, relevant sources to develop ideas that are appropriate for the discipline and genre of the writing

Demonstrates consistent use of credible, generally relevant sources to support ideas that are appropriate for the discipline and genre of the writing.

Demonstrates an attempt to use credible and/or relevant sources to support ideas that are appropriate for the discipline and genre of the writing.

Demonstrates an attempt to use sources to support ideas in the writing.

No attempt to use sources to support ideas in the writing is discernible OR sources are substituted for original ideas.

Control of Syntax and Mechanics

Sentence structure, word choice, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Uses graceful language that skillfully communicates meaning to readers with clarity and fluency, and is virtually error-free.

Uses straightforward language that generally conveys meaning to readers. The language in the document has few errors.

Uses language that generally conveys meaning to readers with clarity, although writing may include some errors.

Uses language that sometimes impedes meaning because of errors in usage.

Uses language that frequently impedes meaning because of errors in usage.