Eth/REply

Criteria

Levels of Achievement

Content 70%

Advanced

Proficient

Developing

Not Present

Points Earned

Word Count

14 or 15 points

Word count is between 500 and 600 words.

11 to 13 points

Word count exceeds 600 words.

1 to 10 points

Word count is less than 500 words.

0 points

Not present

Style

9 or 10 points

Reply offers constructive feedback to a classmate in a manner that is polite, rationally argued, and not overly emotional.

7 or 8 points

Reply offers constructive feedback to a classmate but with some deficiency of politeness, reasonableness, and/or dispassion.

1 to 6 points

Reply offers little to no constructive feedback, and/or is strongly impolite, and/or is very emotional.

0 points

The post is not a reply (it is off-topic).

Understanding

9 or 10 points

Reply utilizes many of the concepts and technical vocabulary taught in the class in a manner that demonstrates accurate understanding.

6 to 8 points

Reply utilizes some of the concepts and technical vocabulary taught in the class in a manner that demonstrates accurate understanding.

1 to 5 points

Reply utilizes some of the concepts and technical vocabulary taught in the class but sometimes in ways that suggest that they are not correctly understood.

0 points

Reply does not utilize the concepts and technical vocabulary taught in the class.

Structure 30%

Advanced

Proficient

Developing

Not Present

Points Earned

Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar

9 or 10 points

Reply is written in paragraph form and is devoid of spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors.

7 or 8 points

Reply is not written in paragraph form and/or has occasional spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors.

1 to 6 points

Reply is not written in paragraph form and has numerous spelling, punctuation, and grammar problems.

0 points

Not present

Turabian formatting

5 points

Direct references and/or allusions to outside resources (such as the textbooks) are present and are cited using footnotes in current Turabian format.

4 points

Direct references and/or allusions to outside resources (such as the textbooks) are present but are cited otherwise than using footnotes in current Turabian format.

1 to 3 points

Direct references and/or allusions to outside resources (such as the textbooks) are present but the sources are not cited. (Note: if plagiarism is present, that requires additional corrective action.)

0 points

No direct references and/or allusions to outside resources are present.

Total

/50

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