Scoring Guide for Activity 2, Activity 3 and Assignment:

CRITERIA EXCELLENT FAIR AVERAGE POOR

20 15 10 5
Ideas Presents ideas in an Presents ideas in a Ideas are too general Ideas are vague or unclear
original manner consistent manner
Organization Strong and organized Organized beg/mid/end Some organization; No organization; lack
beg/mid/end attempt at a beg/mid/end beg/mid/end
Quality of Writing Piece was written in an Piece was written in an Piece had little style or Piece had no style or
extraordinary style and interesting style and voice voice voice
voice
Somewhat informative Gives some new Gives no new information
Very informative and and organized information but poorly and very poorly organized
well-organized organized
Grammar, Usage & Virtually no spelling, Few spelling and A number of spelling, So many spelling,
Mechanics punctuation or punctuation errors, minor punctuation or punctuation and
grammatical errors grammatical errors grammatical errors grammatical errors that it
interferes with the
meaning