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Name:

Essay #:

Draft #:

English 98/101 Strong— Competent— Developing— Emerging—


Essay Outcomes Exceeds expectation Meets expectation Doesn’t yet meet all Fails to meet
Rubric expectation expectation
Rhetorical
Awareness

Critical
Thinking

Processes of
Writing

Knowledge of
Conventions

Information Literacy

Strong – Applies outcome in multiple contexts. Many strengths are present.

Competent – Shows skill in this outcome. Improvement still needed.

Developing – Strengths and need for improvement are about equal.

Emerging – Need for improvement outweighs apparent strengths. Little evidence of outcome present.
*Rhetorical Awareness, as illustrated by the ability to:

• Focus on a purpose
• Respond to the needs of different audiences
• Respond appropriately to different kinds of rhetorical situations
• Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation
• Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality
• Address an assignment and satisfy requirements of it.

*Critical Thinking, as illustrated by the ability to:

• Identify a problem or question


• Present a position or argument concerning a problem or question
• Use writing for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating
• Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and
secondary sources
• Integrate their own ideas with those of others
• Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power

*Process of Writing, as illustrated by the ability to:

• Demonstrate awareness of the need for multiple drafts and revision to create and complete a successful text
• Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proofreading
• Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work
• Understand the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes
• Learn to critique their own and others’ works
• Reflect on their own writing process

*Knowledge of Conventions, as illustrated by the ability to:

• Use common formats for different kinds of texts


• Demonstrate knowledge of conventions of structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics
• Practice appropriate means of documenting their work
• Control surface features such as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling

*Information Literacy, as illustrated by the ability to:

• Determine the extent of information needed


• Evaluate information and its sources critically
• Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
• Use information ethically and legally

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