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Chapter 7 Table of Contents
Chapter 7: Assessing Your Writing
How Is Writing Graded?
A General Assessment Tool
Some teachers who are not writing teachers use a single-page evaluation tool to give
their students feedback on their writing. We are including here an evaluation tool that
you or your teacher can use for your writing assignments. One way to use this tool is to
assign each criterion a value (C = competent, S = satisfactory, and I
= needs improvement).
| General Assessment of a Writing Assignment |
| Understanding the Assignment |
| ____ |
Student demonstrates an understanding
of the assignment. |
| ____ |
Student demonstrates an understanding
of the skills and techniques needed to complete the assignment. |
| ____ |
Student demonstrates an understanding
of the reading assignments relevant to this assignment. |
| Substance |
| ____ |
Student clearly indicates a knowledge
of the subject matter and has made the information accessible to the
reader. |
| ____ |
Student has focused the subject
on a single, appropriate thesis. |
| ____ |
Audience is targeted properly. |
| ____ |
Purpose of the content is clear. |
| Organization |
| ____ |
Student's intentions and methods
in developing the content are clear. |
| ____ |
Controlling idea is sufficiently
developed. |
| ____ |
Organization is logical and follows
a clear sequence. |
| ____ |
Major and minor supports are clearly
defined for the reader. |
| ____ |
Introductions, transitions, and conclusions are clear, logical,
and contain relevant information. |
| Style |
| ____ |
Diction is appropriate to the audience
and its level of technical expertise. |
| ____ |
Level of details presented is appropriate
and consistent. |
| ____ |
Overall tone is consistent and
appropriate to the audience and subject matter. |
| ____ |
Sentences are structured effectively
and correctly. |
| ____ |
Document design and presentation
are appropriate to the audience and subject matter. |
| Correctness |
| ____ |
Student has used correct grammar
and effective sentence structures. |
| ____ |
Punctuation is correct. |
| ____ |
Document fits the expected format,
and the appearance is professional |
| Summary Comments |
| [It's important
to summarize your overall impression of the paper, as well as its
strengths and weaknesses.] |
|
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