Reflection Paper for Hifsa Shaukat
Alessandro Volta
GRADING
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ContentAssignment/topic
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OrganizationExpository structure
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StyleDiction/usage/syntax
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Mechanics
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OutstandingA 90-100%
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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
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SuperiorB 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
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Minor mechanics errors; demonstrates strong understanding of accepted rules of grammar, punctuation, formatting
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SatisfactoryC 70-79%
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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/PassingD 60-69%
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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
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Serious mechanics errors evidencing a lack of understanding of basic grammatical structures and/or formatting requirements
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FailingF Below 60%
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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