| Course Code | Class Code | Assignment Title | Total Points |
| MIN-526 | MIN-526-O500 | Benchmark - Ethical Principles and Christian Values | 100.0 |
| Criteria | Percentage | Unsatisfactory (0.00%) | Less Than Satisfactory (74.00%) | Satisfactory (79.00%) | Good (87.00%) | Excellent (100.00%) | Comments | Points Earned |
| Content | 75.0% |
| Disconnections Between the Faith and Actions of Jonah | 15.0% | Disconnections between the faith and actions of Jonah is not provided. | Explanation of the disconnections between the faith and actions of Jonah is unclear or inaccurate. Examples are not included. Topic materials are not used to support the explanation. | Explanation of the disconnections between the faith and actions of Jonah is clear and accurate, but lacks supportive examples. Topic materials are not used to support the explanation. | Explanation of the disconnections between the faith and actions of Jonah is clear and thorough. Examples support the explanation. Topic materials are used to support the explanation. | Explanation of the disconnections between the faith and actions of Jonah is clear and thorough. Examples are supportive and provide additional insight. Topic materials are used to support the explanation. |
| Call to Love God and Neighbor | 15.0% | Call to love God and their neighbor is not provided. | Explanations of what happens when Christians cease to live by the call to love God and their neighbor are provided, but it is unclear who bears the cost. Examples are not included. Topic materials are not used to support the explanation. | Explanations of what happens when Christians cease to live by the call to love God and their neighbor are provided. Includes who bears the cost, but lacks supportive examples. Topic materials are not used to support the explanation. | Explanations of what happens when Christians cease to live by the call to love God and their neighbor are thorough. Includes who bears the cost and examples support the explanation. Topic materials are used to support the explanation. | Explanations of what happens when Christians cease to live by the call to love God and their neighbor demonstrates higher-order thinking that includes who bears the cost. Examples are supportive and provide additional insight. Topic materials are used to support the explanation. |
| Ethical Development of Jonah | 15.0% | Ethical development of Jonah is not provided. | Explanation of the disobedience of Jonah and its connection to his ethical development is illogical or unclear. Examples are not included. Topic materials are not used to support the explanation. | Explanation of the disobedience of Jonah and its connection to his ethical development is logical and clear, but lacks supportive examples. Topic materials are not used to support the explanation. | Explanation of the disobedience of Jonah and its connection to his ethical development is logical and thorough. Examples support the explanation. Topic materials are used to support the explanation. | Explanation of the disobedience of Jonah and its connection to his ethical development is thorough and demonstrates higher-order thinking. Examples are supportive and provide additional insight. Topic materials are used to support the explanation. |
| Shaping of Personal Ethics and the Role of God | 15.0% | Shaping of personal ethics and the role of God is not provided. | Explanation of how tough seasons in life have shaped personal ethics or the role of God in the middle of the learning seasons is unclear. Examples are not included. Topic materials are not used to support the explanation. | Explanation of how tough seasons in life have shaped personal ethics and the role of God in the middle of the learning seasons is clear, but lacks supportive examples with explanation for how tough seasons and the role of God have shaped personal ethical principles and praxis. Topic materials are not used to support the explanation. | Explanation of how tough seasons in life have shaped personal ethics and the role of God in the middle of the learning seasons is thorough. Examples are given with explanation for how tough seasons and the role of God have shaped personal ethical principles and praxis. Topic materials are used to support the explanation. | Explanation of how tough seasons in life have shaped personal ethics and the role of God in the middle of these learning seasons is thorough and demonstrates higher-order thinking. Examples are supportive and provide additional insight for how tough seasons and the role of God have shaped personal ethical principles and praxis. Topic materials are used to support the explanation. |
| Significant Ethical Principles from the Book of Jonah CoT 2.5 | 15.0% | Ethical principles from the book of Jonah are not provided. | Explanation of significant ethical principles from Jonah can inform personal ethics and values as a leader is unclear, or the connection to other ethical dilemmas is unclear. Examples are not included. | Explanation of significant ethical principles from Jonah can inform personal ethics and values as a leader is clear, and the connection to other ethical dilemmas is clear, but lacks supportive examples. | Explanation of significant ethical principles from Jonah can inform personal ethics and values within ethical dilemmas is thorough. Examples support the explanation. | Explanation of significant ethical principles from Jonah can inform personal ethics and values within ethical dilemmas. Explanation is thorough and demonstrates higher-order thinking. Examples are supportive and provide additional personal insight. |
| Organization, Effectiveness, and Format | 25.0% |
| Thesis Development and Purpose | 10.0% | Paper lacks any discernible overall purpose or organizing claim. Statement of purpose is not justified by the conclusion. The conclusion does not support the claim made. | Thesis is insufficiently developed or vague. Purpose is not clear. Sufficient justification of claims is lacking. There are obvious flaws in the logic. | Thesis is apparent and appropriate to purpose. Introduction and conclusion bracket the thesis. | Thesis is clear and forecasts the development of the paper. Thesis is descriptive and reflective of the arguments and appropriate to the purpose. There is a smooth progression of claims from introduction to conclusion. | Thesis is comprehensive and contains the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear. |
| Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) | 5.0% | Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction is used. | Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied. | Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are employed. | Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech. | Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. |
| Paper Format (use of appropriate style for the major and assignment) | 5.0% | Template is not used appropriately or documentation format is rarely followed correctly. | Appropriate template is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken. A lack of control with formatting is apparent. | Appropriate template is used. Formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present. | Appropriate template is fully used. There are virtually no errors in formatting style. | All format elements are correct. |
| Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style) | 5.0% | Sources are not documented. | Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct. | Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error. |
| Total Weightage | 100% |