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GRADING CRITERIA: ScrapBookUSA NAME_____________________
CRITERIA WEIGHTING NOTES
1. The writer speaks with "voice." His words
are appropriately conversational and fit
the audience of ScrapBook readers. The
best papers will speak with a tone and
rhythm that suit the audience & purpose
whether comic, tragic, meditative or _____ X 2 = _____
something else.
2. All sentences have been reconsidered. The
writer has read the paper to a listener,
and listened as it was read and has carried
out appropriate surgery to fix "pit of
the stomach" awkwardness and vagueness.
The best sentences focus ideas simply _____ X 3 = _____
and directly.
3. Paper is UNIFIED around one idea, object
event, or person so that the reader can
understand its importance to the writer.
Papers with multiple parts should still
reveal a single unified purpose. Attention
is given to finding appropriate beginning _____ X 4 = _____
and ending.
4. The paper is sufficiently developed. As
with Abe Lincoln's legs, it is long enough
to reach the ground. Your free writing
may have led you to description and story.
You have explored close-ups and long shots _____ X 4 = _____
as needed in developing your ideas.
5. Paper is made vivid through clear
descriptive writing. Significant attention
has been given to word choice,
figurative language, and sensory detail. _____ X 5 = _____
Details make importance of subject clear.
6. Paper is neatly printed with properly
centered title, correct margins, proper
page breaks, and proper spaces after
periods and commas. Name and date appear _____ X 2 = _____
in the upper, left-hand corner of the page.
The paper has been corrected for run-ons,
frags, & other common mechanical errors.
SUB TOTAL _____/2
IMPORTANT: Spelling errors which could be
located with SchoolSpell electronic error
finder will be penalized at 5 points each! SPELLING -______
Other spelling errors will be penalized 2
points each. You will be allowed one 2 LATENESS -______
point error per page, free of charge.
Late papers will cost 5 points/day. Papers TOTAL ______
are late if they are not ready at the start
of class on the date due:
©Emery Roth II, 1990
LABEL & DATE ALL ROUGH DRAFTS & PREP MATERIALS AND KEEP THEM IN YOUR WRITING JOURNAL.