Assignment 2

Guidelines

Font Style and Size: Times Roman; 12

Spacing: 1.5

Each brief should be.

Word count: 300 to 500 words including the list of references.

Referencing style: APA.

Submission: Individual; SafeAssign on BBL as a Word file ONLY

Due: Sunday, Feb. 20th, 11:59 p.m.

Mark: 10% of the final grade

Writing Rubric

Does Not Meet

Trait Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Expectations

Purpose The purpose and focus The writer has made The writer’s decision
of the writing are not good decisions about about focus,
clear to the reader focus, organization, organization, style, and
style, and content so as content fully elucidate
the purpose and keep
 to achieve the purpose the purpose at the
of the writing. center of the piece

Structure Does not develop ideas Develops unified and Develops ideas
cogently, uneven and coherent ideas within cogently, organizes
ineffective overall paragraphs with them logically with
organization, unfocused generally adequate paragraphs and
introduction or transitions; clear connects them with
conclusion overall organization effective transitions.
relating most ideas Clear and specific
together, good introduction and
introduction and conclusion.
conclusion.

Language Uses words that are Word forms are

unclear, sentence correct, sentence Develops concise
structures inadequate structure is effective. standard English
for clarity, errors are Presence of a few sentences, balances a
seriously distracting errors is not variety of sentence
distracting. structures effectively.

Please try to incorporate some concepts or ideas you learned from the textbook or the
PowerPoint presentation.