Self Evaluation

Class Rubric for Waste Land Papers:

Should total 9 points

What are some marks of excellence that you want to see in your own papers?

· Make an argument

· Word count

· Citations

· Has good like thoughts or like good close reading opinions

· Analysis

· Evidence to back up your argument

· Correctness (grammar, etc.)

· Style—“flow”

· Creativity of ideas and/or style

· Incorporation of quotations

· Stays on topic

· Clear to understand

· Reaching to understand new ideas by expanding vocabulary, etc.

· Organized

· Proves the argument

· Sounds really good

· Makes a solid, interesting argument/thesis

· supports ideas well with good evidence

· Better evidence/support for my claim

· Better transitions between topics

· Use more credible sources

· An argument about a certain aspect of the text

· Good supportive evidence – it adds to the argument

· Good citations

· Evidence

· Argument

· Grammar

· Thesis statement

· Interesting ideas

· accountable to the text—uses quotation, paraphrase, and summary to ground analysis

· organization—paragraphs build on each other, return to and expand central point

Eng 355 Argument Paper 2 Self-Evaluation Rubric

1. Argument/Thesis - 2 pts

-Does it have a clearly stated central idea?

-Is the idea interesting and arguable?

2. Correctness – 1 pt

-Do irregularities of grammar/syntax/citation make this paper hard to read?

3. Evidence – 2 pts

-Does the paper incorporate textual evidence by quotation, paraphrase, and summary?

-Is the evidence well chosen and integrated?

4. Style & Organization -2pts

-Are the paragraphs well connected in terms of logic and structure—returning to and developing the central idea or thesis?

-Are the individuals sentences clear?

5. Interest/Creativity - 2 pts

-Is the idea interesting and compelling? Is there a clear answer to the “So What?” question?

-Is it pleasing to read? Does the prose excite you?

Write yourself an “end comment” paragraph giving a qualitative evaluation of your work. In particular, focus on suggestions about how you might improve next time: