- Units 1-9 Review Quiz
- Rough draft of the essay in my hand.
- Final draft of the essay e-mailed to me by midnight Friday. I am going to try to score the essays using color coding. (Students can still hand in the regular way as well.)
Completion
grade will be worth 100 points (see list below)
I will score the essay from rubric: 100 points (in a prior blog post)
Let's say a student does everything as listed below and scores the lowest score I would give on the essay. (Unless I know he/she really did not put in the effort I believe possible.)
The grade for this assignment would be (100 + 70)/2 = 85
1) Rough
draft handed in
2) The paper
has an introduction with a hook, background,
3) The
paper has an introduction thesis/claim, and 1,
2, 3
4) The
body explains their claim
5) The
body addresses the counterclaim
6) The
paper ends with a conclusion (no
new info in conclusion)
7) "The
Bet" is mentioned by name
8) The
National Geographic documentary on solitary is mention by name
9) The
NPR packet is mentioned by name
10) No
major/distracting grammar
errors
(2-4 Extra Credit points): used extra
sources and listed in a bibliography (use www.easybib.com for
your extras)
