Kate and I did a rubric for the article, Why are Killing Rampages Increasing? We evaluated this source and made up a rubric. We believe that we did give it the necessary grade it deserved. So check out the rubric and the brief summary to why it received that grading.
| Teacher Name: Mr. callahan | Callahan and Ms. Saunders | ||||||
| Student Name: ________________________________________ | Turchin, Peter | ||||||
| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Teacher’s comments: | ||
| Sources | All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in the desired format. | All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in the desired format. | All sources are accurately documented, but many are not in the desired format. | No sources are documented | The author did not give any sources in his paper. Even when giving a phrase or quote he did not cite the source. –1 | ||
| Diagrams & Illustrations | Diagrams and illustrations are neat, accurate and add to the reader’s understanding of the topic. | Diagrams and illustrations are accurate and add to the reader’s understanding of the topic. | Diagrams and illustrations are neat and accurate and sometimes add to the reader’s understanding of the topic. | Diagrams and illustrations are not accurate OR do not add to the reader’s understanding of the topic. | The author gives a diagram to help illustate the point he is trying to get across. –4 | ||
| Amount of Information | All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. | All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. | All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about each. | One or more topics were not addressed. | Every topic that the author presents he gives at least two sentences to explain and give a answer. –4 | ||
| Flow of article | Article moves in smoothly into each paragraph | Article flows but stumbling over words | Article does not have necessary components (Intro, Body, Closing) | Article was just horrible…it fucking sucked…it made the reader want to quit reading after first sentecne | The author moves smoothly into his intro and to his body and finally his conclusion. –4 | ||
| Mechanics | No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. | Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors | A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. | Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. | There are no mechanical errors in the paper.–4 | ||
| Hypothesis | States clear hypothesis | - | - | Writer does not state hypothesis | The author states their hypothesis clearly.–4 | ||
| Argument for hypothesis | Gives valid argument | - | - | Does not show their argument for hypothesis | Writer makes valid argument for hypothesis.–4 | ||
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