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5 Strong 3 Developing 1 Not Yet
Ideas
: The heart of themessage, the content of thepiece, the main theme, withdetails that enrich anddevelop that theme.
My writing brims with details that hold areader’s attention. The main point is veryfocused and easy to understand. A readerwould learn something reading this.A reader would understand my MAIN idea.I could use more information, though.Some details are important and interesting:Other details are too general or are thingseveryone already knows. My topic is still toobig: “Weather” “World Peace” “All AboutComputers”Someone else might have trouble figuringout what I’m trying to say. I might notknow enough yet about this topic to write.My details are vague: “It was fun andstuff.”
Organization
: Theinternal structure, thethread of central meaning, the logicaland sometimes intriguingpattern of the ideas.
I give my reader a strong sense of direction.The structure of my paper helps make themeaning clear. My opening gets a reader’sattention and gives a clue about what’scoming. Everything seems in order. Youwon’t feel like reshuffling the deck.It’s partly smooth, partly bumpy. I’mstarting to know where I’m going. Youwon’t feel lost if you pay attention.I have a beginning, but I’m not sure it’s agrabber. Readers-are you there?Usually, you can see how I got from point topoint, but you might need to make someleaps. I have a conclusion.My writing doesn’t have real shape ordirection yet.I’m not sure where to begin or where to gonext. What goes with what?Ideas seem jumbled, scrambled. It’s just alist of stuff.How do I end this? Get me out!
Voice
: The uniqueperspective of the writerevident inthe piece through the useof compelling ideas,engaging
You could tell this was mine if you knew me.It’s personal and unique-like fingerprints. Ihave put my personal stamp on this paper.I’m speaking right to the reader. I picturemy reader. I imagine how he/she will feelreading this.I hear myself in spots. My voice boomsthrough for a moment here and there-thenfades to a whisper. I don’t think you’ll fallasleep, but it isn’t strong enough yet tomake you laugh, cry or pound the table.I don’t feel engaged by this topic, so howcan I get a reader interested. If you didn’tknow, I’m not sure you could tell who wrotethis. There isn’t that much of me in here.This writing might be flat, but it feels safe.I’m not taking any risks here.
Word Choice
: The use of rich, colorful,precise language thatmoves and enlightens thereader.
I searched. I stretched. I found just theright words and phrases to make mymeaning clear. Look at my energetic verbs:leaped, raged, tumbled, flailed, quaked,moped, launched, pitched, shrieked,wheedled, nudged.These words get the general message across.But I don’t see many “quotable moments.”I’m not stretching here. I’m settling forbasic meaning. It’s clear. But it could useimagination, flair, pizzazz.I can just picture my reader saying, “Whatdid you mean by this?”Some of my words are mistaken-oops, Imean misused.
Sentence Fluency
: Therhythm and flow of thelanguage, the sound of word patterns, the way inwhichthe writing plays to the ear,not just to the eye.
These sentences almost sing. It is very easyto read this paper aloud with lots of inflection (expression).Some sentences are long and stretchy, someshort and snappy.It’s pretty easy to read aloud if you takeyour time, but I wish it sounded smootherin places. I’ve noticed something about mysentences. My sentences are all about thesame length. Maybe I could combine some.Maybe I could shorten others.This paper is hard to read aloud, even withpractice. As I read, I find myself stopping,going back, rechecking the meaning. I’mhaving a hard time telling where onesentence ends and the next begins.
Conventions
: Themechanical correctness of thepiece; spelling, grammarand usage, paragraphing,useof capitals, andpunctuation.*
There are so few errors in this paper, you’llhave to hunt for them! It would be a snap toget this ready to publish. My spelling isaccurate; I have checked words I did notknow. Grammar and usage are correct andconsistent.I took a look. I made corrections. But somebothersome mistakes still need cleaning upbefore I’m ready to publish. You won’t findBIG GLARING errors-the kind that makeit hard to understand what I mean. Littlehard-to-spot errors, though? Yes, you’llfind sum-uh, make that some.My editing is not under control yet. Youmight need to read once to decode, thenagain to focus on meaning. Speling errerour commun, evin on simple werdz. Isometimes, used, “punctuation,” where it,wasn’t needed and in other place’s I forgotto put it in
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The form and presentation of the blog My blog is understandable but doesn’t Anyone looking at my blogs or discussions
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