Proposal Marking Rubric – Team 6
Grading Criteria
Content Selection and
Organization (25%)
- Audience & Purpose
- Logical flow
- Conclusion /
Recommendation
- Content Selection
- Appendices
- Section Appropriateness
Detailed Editing (20%)
- Redundancy
- Casual Language
- Inappropriate Qualifiers
- Parallel Form
Comment/Feedback
* Executive Summary: The Executive Summary includes detailed team
backgrounds that are repeated in Section 3.3. Fix: condense the
executive summary bios to high-level roles and keep detailed
credentials for the dedicated team section.
Suggested
Grade
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* Conclusion Enhancement: The conclusion uses a passive request:
"please indicate your approval". Fix: use a direct call to action:
"Evergreen Construction requests AMS's approval to proceed with the
detailed design phase by October 14, 2025."
* Empty Page: Last page in the proposal is empty. Fix: clean the
proposal from empty pages.
* Casual Language: The proposal uses the word "fantastic" to describe
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the produce source. Fix: replace with more professional language: "a
reliable and abundant source of healthy produce."
* Parallelism and Flow: The list of “Team Organization and Roles” is
not parallel. The opening sentence of each description uses a different
grammatical structure, causing a jarring transition between entries
(e.g., one starts by stating an identity, another by expressing a
passion, and a third with an adverbial phrase). Fix: start each
personnel description with stating identity “Nicola is …”, and
Sentence Structure (20%)
- Clarity
- Conciseness
- Grammar & Mechanics
“Karnveer is …”
* Conciseness: The sentence "Our method of hydroponics, drip
irrigation, uses nutrient-rich water to drip down vertical plant towers,
constantly providing moisture and supplements to the plant roots" is
wordy. Fix: simplify for conciseness: "Our drip irrigation method
delivers nutrient-rich water directly to plant roots in vertical towers."
* Grammar: There is a subject-verb agreement error: "Installation of
our hydroponic growing facilities have been implemented..." Fix: the
singular subject "Installation" requires a singular verb: "Installation...
has been implemented..."
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Document Format (10%)
- Required Sections
- Headings
- Reference Page
- Consistency
* Formatting: Spaces before and after any paragraph should be
consistent all over the proposal. Example: there is a missing space
between “7.0 Conclusion”, and the start of the following paragraph
“UBC AMS …”
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Figures and Graphs (10%)
- Relevance
- Labels & Captions
- In-Text Citation (APA)
- Clarity
* Labels & Captions: The diagram is only labeled "Conceptual Plan"
and lacks a figure number and descriptive caption. Fix: add a formal
caption: "Figure 1. Conceptual layout of the proposed AMS Nest
rooftop garden."
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AI Integration (15%)
- Disclosure
- Purposeful Use
- Ethical Use
Total: 72%
* In-Text Reference: The figure is never referred to in the main body
of the proposal. Fix: add a reference in main text: "The proposed
layout is illustrated in Figure 1 (see Appendix)."
* AI Integration: All criteria are met as the team used AI for a
meaningful task (brainstorming a timeline), disclosed the exact
prompt, and demonstrated human oversight.
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