Please mark the box by each outcome that best represents your level of achievement.
Learning Outcomes Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Demonstrates Partial Demonstrates Demonstrates Deep Command of Sufficient Command Command of Knowledge and Skills of Knowledge and Knowledge and Skills Skills
Reading Rhetorically Outcomes
1. I am able to cite strong and thorough
textual evidence to support analysis of what a text says and implies. x
2. I am able to analyze and evaluate the
effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument. x 3. I can analyze an authors assumptions and appeals (e.g., ethos, pathos, and logos). x
4. I can analyze the writers use of
rhetorical devices and strategies. x
5. I understand key rhetorical concepts
such as audience, purpose, context, and genre through analysis of texts. x
Writing Rhetorically Outcomes
6. I can write reading-based arguments to
support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient x evidence. 7. I incorporate the texts of others effectively and use documentation styles suitable to the task, genre, and discipline. x Learning Outcomes Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Demonstrates Partial Demonstrates Demonstrates Deep Command of Sufficient Command Command of Knowledge and Skills of Knowledge and Knowledge and Skills Skills
8. I can edit for clarity and for standard
written English grammar, usage, and mechanics. x 9. I am able to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. x 10. I have the ability to observe, evaluate, and regulate my development as a reader and writer of expository texts, including the identification of areas needing further x growth.
Listening and Speaking Rhetorically Outcome
11. I am able to initiate and participate
effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with peers. x Habits of Mind Outcomes
12. I act as a motivated, self-directed
learner. x
13. I persist during difficult academic
tasks. x 14. I consider new ways of thinking and being; I see other points of view. x
15. I am able to critique my own and others academic work. x 16. I can reflect on my own learning and on the processes that shape my knowledge. x