Reflection Paper for Hifsa Shaukat

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GRADING

Content

Assignment/topic

Organization

Expository structure

Style

Diction/usage/syntax

Mechanics

Outstanding

A

90-100%

Thoughtful, original, articulate; demonstrates full understanding of assignment; strong analysis and evaluation of the issue supported by examples

Title to elicit interest; intro to establish general issue; strong thesis; clear organizational logic-paragraphs unified and coherent

Appropriate and varied diction and sentence structure; appropriate tone, point of view, etc; concrete expression of abstract ideas

Virtually free of errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation; follows APA/MLA format correctly

Superior

B

80-90%

Thoughtful and articulate; demonstrates above-average understanding of topic; observations fully supported

Has title, intro, thesis, but perhaps paragraph sequencing and/or unity problematic; expository structure clearly evident

Appropriate diction, sentence structure, and tone; perhaps problems with point of view, using images, and/or sentence style

Minor mechanics errors; demonstrates strong understanding of accepted rules of grammar, punctuation, formatting

Satisfactory

C

70-79%

Average quality; often overly general and redundant; offers no new insights to issue

Weak thesis; may be missing key parts; poor and good paragraphing; illogical or incomplete in places

Vague/trite nouns and verbs; clichés, unvaried sentence structure; generally uneven quality

Some mechanics/format errors made more than once-mostly minor-no major mechanics of formatting errors

Lowest/Passing

D

60-69%

Evidences generally careless thinking, unsupported observations and generally poor development of ideas

Lacks organizational focus; observations randomly arranged; weak intro and conclusion; weak/trite examples

Inappropriate diction, clichés, informal tone, shifts in tone and person

Serious mechanics errors evidencing a lack of understanding of basic grammatical structures and/or formatting requirements

Failing

F

Below 60%

Does not meet the terms of the assignment; evidences little thought or logical exploration of the issues

Unclear or missing thesis; random focus, minimal support, few examples, if any

Gross errors in diction, usage, and sentence structure

Repeated mechanics and/or formatting errors; careless proofing

Using a 4 point scale the following are equivalent grades: A=4.0; A-=3.7;B+=3.3;B=3.0;B-=2.7;2; C+=2.3;C=2.0;C-=1.7;C-=1.7;D=1.0