Ratings.docx

Ratings

Pts

On time

5 pts

On Time

Turned in before the deadline.

0 pts

Late

Turned in after the deadline.

5 / 5 pts

Audience

5 pts

Exemplary

Reads like an actual document meant for the audience in question.

3 pts

Average

Well structured for the audience but is missing some opportunities to be written for the specific audience. Could be more polished/more specific in formatting and/or content.

1 pts

Missing

Written for a different audience/lack of effort to write towards the audience defined in the assignment

Comments

Spent a bit too long on generalities of earthquakes. For a newspaper article, this is called burying the lede aka not focusing on the important stuff.

3 / 5 pts

Content

5 pts

Exemplary

Outstanding explanation with superior supporting information; unusual insights and flashes of brilliance; creative and original analyses and thoughts; goes well beyond the minimum required for the assignment.

4 pts

Good

Complete explanation, with comprehensive support from examples, data, figures, etc.; excellent reasoning and/or explanation; goes beyond the minimum required for the assignment.

3 pts

Average

Satisfactory job; does what the assignment asks; decent reasoning or explanations; reasonable support by data, figures, examples, etc.; overall, fair work.

2 pts

Developing

Fair explanation, but too general, or some inaccuracies or flaws in reasoning, or coverage is accurate but cursory; does not meet the minimum required for a complete answer.

1 pts

Poor

Does not effectively address assignment; fails to support assertions with data or examples; does not address the topic at hand; unclear explanations; inadequate understanding; major flaws in reasoning.

Comments

How large was the earthquake? When did it happen (other than 2010)? Too general about recovery.

2 / 5 pts

Writing

5 pts

Exemplary

Meets criteria for Good, but also has a sense of style, going beyond grammatical correctness to real readability.

4 pts

Good

Excellent paper/paragraph organization; interesting sentences, good grammar, and VERY few spelling errors; does not read like a first draft.

3 pts

Average

Decent organization; serviceable prose; reads like a first draft; many spelling errors and clearly not proofread (even if otherwise excellent).

2 pts

Developing

Disorganized; awkward sentence structure; poor grammar and spelling.

1 pts

Poor

Similar problems to Developing, but worse

4 / 5 pts

Citations

5 pts

Exemplary

All references and citations are correctly written and present.

3 pts

Average

Citations are mostly present but are missing in-text citations and/or correct formatting.

1 pts

Missing

Reference and citation errors detract significantly from paper. Generally, this is because the bibliography section is missing entirely.

5 / 5 pts

Total Points: 19