ENGL11: ENGLISHCOMPOSITION (Harb, Mustafa)

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Criteria Highly Competent Competent Not Quite Competent Inadequate
7%
10% 8.5% 6% Total
Hook (10%) Strong hook makes the Good hook but could be hook is unremarkable and hook is unimaginative
reader want to find out altered though the reader needs some work or too obvious and
more still wants to continue needs to be rewritten
Idea Development Length of paper is A few instances of clutter Good ideas but at times Paper is far too
(10%) appropriate and flows and/or not enough overshadowed by too long/short and loses
smoothly from one idea elaboration, but for the much and/or too simplistic focus because of
to the next most part flows evenly writing overwriting and or no
elaboration
Organization (10%) Paper has excellent Paper has structure and Paper has some structure Paper’s structure is
structure and is well organization though evident but at times is hard greatly lacking,
organized lacks unity because of to follow or is not well interfering with
Content occasional confusing organized reader’s ability to
(70%) details understand piece
Voice (10%) Author’s voice is Author’s voice and Author’s voice is Author’s voice is not
clearly evident and personality is evident and developing and shows evident and the entire
piece is thoughtful and effort was clearly put into some effort but at times story needs more work
well-written in a the piece making piece the piece needs more work
sophisticated and enjoyable to read
unique style
Word Choice (10%) Paper uses rich word Paper uses good word Paper has simplistic word Paper has too simplistic
choice and varied choice and some varied choice and some words word choice and is far
language throughout wording are at times repetitive too repetitive
Sensory Details (10%) Paper is rich in sensory Paper has some strong Paper has too few sensory Paper is lacking in
details and shows sensory details making it details or far too many so sensory details and tells
rather than tells enjoyable to read but the piece mainly tells rather than shows using
creating a vivid picture there may be too few or rather than shows or use empty words and too
without overloading the not enough details, at clichés causing reader to many clichés
reader times telling rather than lose interest
showing
Closing (10%) The final sentences The ending is good but The ending is too There is no real ending
clinch the piece well does not fully clinch the simple—it doesn’t fit the leaving the reader
leaving the reader paper, leaving the reader flow of the story or unsatisfied

ENGL11: ENGLISHCOMPOSITION (Harb, Mustafa)

ENGL11: ENGLISHCOMPOSITION (Harb, Mustafa)
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completely satisfied wanting more contains weak language

leaving the reader
confused
Criteria Highly Competent Competent Not Quite Competent Inadequate
4.2%
6% 5.1% 3.6% Total
Format (6%) Paper has a proper Has most of the proper Missing most aspects of No regard for format.
heading and centered formatting but wrong formatting but not all.
title, typed @ 12 point font, or spacing, etc.
Mechanics font, double spaced
(30%) with proper margins.
Sentence Structure Paper is well written Papers has a few Paper is beginning to be Paper is difficult to
(6%) using a variety of sentence errors and/or is difficult to understand as read because of too
simple and complex lacking in variety or there are many poorly simplistic sentence
sentence structures complexity constructed sentences or structure and/or many
creating a smooth fragments fragments
rhythm to the piece
Paragraph Placement Strong paragraph Paragraphs are generally Paragraphs are only Paragraph placement is
(6%) placement throughout appropriate throughout somewhat evident almost entirely or
paper though at times are too throughout paper lacking all together
long and/or short
Conventions— Paper is proofread well Paper has between 3 to 5 Paper has between 6 to 8 Paper has more than 9
spelling, punctuation, with only 1 or 2 errors errors errors as proofreading was errors and shows little
grammar, and not done well to no evidence of
capitalization (6%) proofreading
Verb Tense Verb tense remains Verb tense is mainly Verb tenses are Verb tenses are so
(6%) consistent throughout consistent, though inconsistent throughout, inconsistent, paper is
sometimes moves from affecting reader’s difficult to understand
past to present understanding of paper
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