WRIT *33 Essay 3 Rubric WORD
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ESSAY 3 EVALUATION RUBRIC 1 When I was assigning a provisional grade to your draft, I first asked some basic questions: Does the piece include a rich ethnographic description? Yes No Does it make a debatable interpretive argument? Yes No Does that argument engage with Mumford and Zukin? Yes No Are claims supported with evidence? Yes No Do you analyze that evidence? Yes No Would the audience for the draft likely find it easy to follow? Yes No Has the draft been effectively proofread and edited? Yes No Does the draft match MLA conventions, as well as the other requirements outlined on the “Formatting your work” page our blog? Yes No If so, your draft qualifies for at least a C. Then, I considered some other criteria to decide whether you draft merited an A or B: Descriptive section Yes Mostl y Partl y No Does the section stick to describing and refrain from arguing? Is the description vivid and concrete? Is the description effectively plotted? Does the section include material from both observations and interviews? 2 As reflected in the draft, did the writer’s observations attend to all the elements of the space observed, from the explicit to the implicit? As reflected in the draft, did the writer conduct thorough and complete interviews, asking descriptive, contrast, structural, and synthesis questions? Are the details selected from observations and interviews well chosen? Does the section clearly seek to gather the 1 Adapted from Doug Hesse, Writing Beyond Writing Classes (2010), 31–33. 2 This question doesn’t apply to your essay if (with my approval) you did not conduct interviews.
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ESSAY 3 EVALUATION RUBRIC1
When I was assigning a provisional grade to your draft, I first asked some basic questions:
Does the piece include a rich ethnographic description? Yes No Does it make a debatable interpretive argument? Yes No Does that argument engage with Mumford and Zukin? Yes No Are claims supported with evidence? Yes No Do you analyze that evidence? Yes No Would the audience for the draft likely find it easy to follow? Yes No Has the draft been effectively proofread and edited? Yes No Does the draft match MLA conventions, as well as the other requirements
outlined on the “Formatting your work” page our blog? Yes No
If so, your draft qualifies for at least a C. Then, I considered some other criteria to decide whether you draft merited an A or B:
Descriptive sectionYes Mostly Partly No
Does the section stick to describing and refrain from arguing? Is the description vivid and concrete? Is the description effectively plotted? Does the section include material from both observations and
interviews?2
As reflected in the draft, did the writer’s observations attend to all the elements of the space observed, from the explicit to the implicit?
As reflected in the draft, did the writer conduct thorough and complete interviews, asking descriptive, contrast, structural, and synthesis questions?
Are the details selected from observations and interviews well chosen? Does the section clearly seek to gather the interest of both “halves” of
the audience?
Interpretive section
Intro/Thesis Yes Mostly Partly No Does the writer accurately and coherently outline arguments from
Mumford and Zukin? Is the thesis and the reasoning behind it clear, specific, and coherent? Is the writer’s thesis clearly in conversation with Mumford and Zukin? Would both “halves” of the audience for this piece likely find the thesis
thought-provoking?
Analysis Yes Mostly Partly No Are individual paragraphs focused on analysis? Are the main claims of body paragraphs clear and foregrounded? Are they supported with evidence, as directly presented as possible? Does the writer use Mumford’s and Zukin’s terms and concepts to
analyze the evidence? Are the analyses clearly linked to the thesis?
1 Adapted from Doug Hesse, Writing Beyond Writing Classes (2010), 31–33. 2 This question doesn’t apply to your essay if (with my approval) you did not conduct interviews.
Arrangement Yes Mostly Partly No Does the arrangement serve not only support but to develop the thesis? Does the sequence of ideas proceed logically and build to a climax? Does the writer devote the most space to the most important ideas? Are there clear transitions between paragraphs? Do individual paragraphs unfold gracefully?
Sentence-level styleYes Mostly Partly No
Are sentences clear and easy to understand? Are they free of wordiness? Does the writer prefer concrete verbs and adjectives to abstract nouns? Where appropriate, does the writer match subjects and agents? Where appropriate, do the beginnings of sentences point back and the
endings point forward? Are sentences largely free of errors in grammar, punctuation, etc.?
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