English360PortfolioRubricforRevisedDocuments

Absentor
BelowBasic
Figuresorformattingdonot
matchthepaperspurposeor
arenotexplainedbyauthor.

Developing

Somefiguresandformattinghelp
authorachievepurpose.

Form:Genre

Genericconventionsarenot
employed.

Content:
Information

Content:
Support

Form:Design

Content:
Organization

Proficient

Advanced

Designincludingfiguresand
formathelpsauthorachieve
purpose.

Designincludingfiguresand
formathelpsauthorachieve
purposewithstyle.

Followsmostgenericconventions
(whetherforinstructionmanual,
coverletter,etc.)

Followsgenericconventions
(whetherforinstructionmanual,
coverletter,etc.).

Followsgenericconventions
(whetherforinstruction
manual,coverletter,etc.)
consistentlyandwith
sophistication.

Failstoprovidemostofthe
requiredinformation.

Suppliessomenecessary
information.

Suppliesallnecessary
information.

Typicallydoesnotsupport
claimswithevidence.
Sometimestriestosupport
claimswithadditionalclaims
orpersonalopinion.
Frequentlyunorganized:
difficulttofindaclear
relationshipbetween
paragraphsorsentences.
Headingsareinappropriate,
unclearorabsent.

Supportsafewclaimswith
evidence,althoughtheevidence
couldattimesbemorespecificor
relevant.
Demonstratessomesignsof
organization,butoccasionally
includesabruptorillogicalshifts
andineffectivesequenceofideas.
Headingsmaynotbeappropriate
orclear.

Suppliesallnecessary
informationwith
sophistication.
Supportsmostclaimswith
Supportsallclaimswith
specific,relevantdetailsand/or specific,relevantdetails
evidence.
and/orevidence.Employs
differenttypesofevidence.
Effectivelyordered
paragraphsgenerallycover
onlyonetopiceachandare
linkedwithusefultransitions.
Headingsareusually
appropriateandclear.
Sentencestypicallyflow
logically.

Effectivelyorderedparagraphs
coveronlyonetopiceachand
aregenerallylinkedwith
usefultransitions.Headings
areappropriateandclear.
Sentencesflowlogicallyto
persuadereader.

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Citations:

Omitsorusesincorrectly
MLAorAPAstyle
parentheticalcitations,
quotationmarks,andworks
citedlist.Dropsquotationsand
ideasintotextwithout
introducingsource.

AfewerrorsinMLAor
APAstyleparentheticalcitations,
quotationmarks,andworkscited
list.Oftenincludessources
nameswithoutintroduction.

Readability:

Spelling,syntax,diction,or
punctuationerrorsimpede
readability.

Spelling,syntax,diction,or
punctuationerrorsimpede
readabilityorotherwisedistract
frommeaning.

CorrectlyusesMLAor
APAstyleparenthetical
citations,quotationmarks,and
workscitedlist.Usually
introduceseachsource
fullyyouknowwhodidthe
researchortalking,forwhom,
andwhy.
Spelling,syntax,diction,or
punctuationerrorsarefew
anddonotdistractfrom
meaning.

CorrectlyusesMLAor
APAstyleparenthetical
citations,quotationmarks,
andworkscitedlist.
Introduceseachsource
fullyyouknowwhodidthe
researchortalking,for
whom,andwhy.
Outstandingcontrolof
language,includingeffective
dictionandsentencevariety.

Comments:
Onwhattwoorthreeareasdoyouthinkthiswriterneedstofocusbeforesubmittingthisdocument?

Watchoutforafewgrammaticalareassuchasthetensesofthesentences.InProblemsEncountered,rewritethefirstsentence.Usingduringlookingis
twoactionverbsatonce,mayneedtotakeoneoutorfixthetenseofone.Otherlistsaregoodintermsoftenses,stickwithpresentandpast.Makesureto
proofreadtheparagraphsonceagaintoknowitissmoothandtransitioned.Otherthanthat,thingsaregood.Justmakesuretoproofreadonceagain.

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