| Consultant Report |
| | Please use this rubric as a guide for writing your Consultant Report assignment. Your reader will use this rubric to determine whether you have successfully completed this assignment module by (a) writing a persona profile, (b) completing all the requirements and (c) observing grammar and spelling rules. |
| Elements |
| | Completed 2 pts. | Developing: 1.5 pt. | Needs Improvement: 1 pt. | Not Addressed: 0 pt. |
| Thesis Statement | Provided a clear, concise thesis (position, conclusion, recommendation) in the first paragraph. | Thesis Statement is provided, but is weak or unclear. | Thesis Statement has grammatical errors. | No thesis statement. |
| | Completed 2 pt. | Developing: 1.5 pt. | Needs Improvement: 1 pt. | Not Addressed: 0 pt. |
| Predicted Order | Provided a preview of the reports sections with a predicted order that was clearly evident. List recommendations and clea suggestons for solving the problem. | Contains a Predicted Order, but is poorly worded and the recommendations or suggestions are unclear. | The order of sentences and the recommendation are presented in order. | Predicted Order is missing. |
| | Completed 2 pts. | Developing: 1.5 pt. | Needs Improvement: 1 pts. | Not Addressed: 0 pt. |
| Concise Presentation | Avoided unnecessary detail in the first paragraph. | Thesis paragraph contains some unnecessary detail. | Thesis paragraph is full of unnecessary and extra detail making it difficult to identify thesis and predicted order. | No sequence to the sentence order |
| | Completed 2 pt. | Developing: 1.5 pt. | Needs Improvement: 1 pt. | Not Addressed: 0 pt. |
| Quality of Writing | Had no spelling or grammar errors, and used appropriate voice to address reader’s expectations. | Had a few spelling and grammar errors which did not affect reader’s understanding, and somewhat addressed the expectations of the reader. | Spelling errors and difficulty understanding the suggestions. | Writing is difficult to understand. |
| | Completed 2 pt. | Developing: 1.5 pt. | Needs Improvement: 1 pt. | Not Addressed: 0 pt. |
| Summary | Concluded the section with a summary sentence that neither changed nor extended the key point or points presented in the first “say-it sentence”. | Concluded the section with a summary sentence that somewhat aligned with the say-it but that did not support the thesis. | Did not include a summary sentence that aligned with the say-it sentence or that supported the thesis. | No summary is provided. |