Environmental Science

Quality

Strongest: 10

Adequate: 5

Weakest: 1

Score

FOCUS/ UNITY

CLEAR BUT CONCISE!

· Paper is focused and doesn’t go off on tangents

· Makes a point

· Paper is mostly focused and does not go off on tangents

· Attempts to make a point

· Paper is not focused and goes off on tangents

· Point uncertain

DEVELOPMENT/

INFORMATION

ARE YOUR SUPPORTIVE REFERENCES AND CITATIONS SUPPORTIVE? ALL THREE SHOULD BE DIFFERENT APPROACHES.

· Includes rich supporting details

· Avoids redundancy

· Addresses the best arguments of the opposition

· Includes good quotes from packet texts and writer’s research

· Some supporting details

· Some repetition of story components

· Addresses some of the best arguments of the opposition

· Includes some good quotes from packet texts and writer’s research

· Few or irrelevant supporting details

· Redundancy

· Addresses few or none of the best arguments of the opposition

· Includes some quotes from packet texts and writer’s research

COHERENCE/

ORDER

FOLLOWS OUTLINE ORDER

· Follows through on thesis

· The reader does not get confused

· Mainly follows through on the thesis

· The reader occasionally gets confused

· Does not follow through on the thesis

· The reader is generally confused

DEPTH

DOES YOUR PAPER DEMONSTRATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TOPIC OR IS IT SIMPLY RESTATING FACTS?

· Displays insight

· Demonstrates significant reflection & awareness

· Establishes significant connection to wider world

· Surface understanding

· Some reflection & awareness

· Some reference to wider world

· Minimal or no reflection or insight

· Limited connection wider world

VALID AND RELIABLE SOURCES

DOES YOUR PAPER INCLUDE AT LEAST THREE, IMPERATIVE AND RELATABLE SOURCES?

· There are at least three relatable sources that outline the importance of their need throughout a position of the paper.

· There are at least two relatable sources that outline the importance of their need throughout a position of the paper.

· There is only one relatable source that outline the importance of its need throughout a position of the paper.

WORD CHOICE

ARE YOU UTILIZING PROPER WORDING AND NOT SLANG?

· Precise terms

· Avoids clichés

· Varied words

· No verb tense or sentence agreement problems

· Some imprecision

· Some clichés

· Some repetition of words

· Some verb tense or sentence agreement problems

· Imprecise language

· Many clichés

· Much repetition of words

· Repetitive

· Many verb tense and sentence agreement problems

PARAGRAPHS

THE FLOW OF THE PARAGRAPHS MAKE SENSE

· Paragraphs have a main idea and a topic sentence

· Paragraphs have limited scope

· Paragraphs have examples

· 2 or 3 parts

· 0-1 of 3 parts

SENTENCES

NO RUN-ON’S

· 0-1 errors in grammar per page

· Varies sentence form

· 2 errors per page

· Repeats sentence form

· 3+ errors per page

· Boring sentence form

SPELLING

DO MORE THAN SPELL CHECK!

· 0-1 errors in spelling per page

· 2 errors per page

· 3+ errors per page

PRESENTATION

DOES IT FOLLOW PROPER FORMATTING?

· Clean, clear

· Businesslike

· APA/MLA format

· Not APA/MLA format

· Readable

· Unattractive

· Unreadable

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