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EDUC 306 Extreme Expository

Response Paper Rubric

Using this rubric: As you edit a peer’s paper, mark the appropriate points under “Peer” if they completed the elements or rules properly, or mark a 0 if they did not. Use the comment section or back of the rubric for suggestions. Check the “Self” section when writing your final draft. Turn in your first draft and this sheet with your final draft.

Elements/Rules	Comments	Peer	Self	Instructor
1) Paper is TWO Typed Pages Minimum		0	0
1) Paper is Formatted (APA or MLA)		Yes	yes
1)“The” does not begin…		Yes	0
1)No two paragraphs begin…		Yes	yes
1)No two sentences begin…		0	0
1)Did not use “Thing,” “like,” “very,” “great,” or “a lot”		Yes	0
1)Quotations are five words or shorter		Yes	0
1)NEASWAP		0	yes
1)No contractions, shortened word forms, or slang		Yes	yes
1)Sentences do not begin with conjunctions		Yes	yes
1)Sentence structure is varied		Yes	yes
2)Does not repeat key words or phrases		Yes	0
3)Does not use I, me, my, mine, you, we, our, us.		Yes	yes
3)Paper Addresses All Pertinent Questions		Yes	Yes
3)Paper is Creative		Yes	yes
3)Paragraph Structure of 1 Evidence: 2 Opinion is used in body paragraphs		Yes	0

EDUC 306 Extreme Expository

List of the 25 Most Common Prepositions: “NEASWAP”

Never End A Sentence With A Preposition

of	in	to	for	with
on	at	from	by	about
as	into	like	through	after
over	between	out	against	during
without	before	under	around	among

List of the 6 Most Common Conjunctions:

Never Begin a Sentence With a Conjunction

and

but

for

so

because

or

nor

Because may be used to start a sentence so long as a qualifying clause finishes the sentence: Incorrect-Because I was tired. Correct-Because I was tired, I could not complete my homework.

For may be used with example or instance. For example…or For instance…

*Note: Both of these rules are strong suggestions about writing based on established reading patterns. These rules are not absolute for all writing all of the time; in many cases, these rules can be broken if the writer is adept at maintaining proper syntactical structure.