Virtual Career Mentoring
Marking Period 1
Assignment #3: Write an Essay
Due Date: 10/4/13
** Points will be deducted for turning in assignments after the due date**
For the second assignment of the marking period, you are going to write a 5-paragraph essay. This
essay needs to by typed, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins and a 12 font (in either Arial or Times New
Roman Font).
The topic for the essay is “Why I chose to mentor in the field of _(fill in your mentoring profession
here)_.” Below is information on writing a basic 5-paragraph essay. Following the basic information is a
rubric, which will be used for grading your essay. Please attach a copy to the back of your essay.
Generally an essay has 5 main parts:
I.
An introductory paragraph
II.
A first informational paragraph
III.
A second informational paragraph
IV.
A third informational paragraph
V.
A conclusion paragraph
It is possible to have more than three informational paragraphs in the middle of the essay. For your assignment
if you choose to have more than 5 paragraphs, that is fine. You must have a minimum of 5 paragraphs. Each
paragraph should be multiple sentences. You are not forced to have 5 sentences in each paragraph, but one and
two sentence paragraphs are not allowed. You may have more than 5 sentences per paragraph if necessary.
For more information on basic essay writing, try going to the following website:
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/index.html. It has information on each type of paragraph that will be
in your essay. You should try to make your essay interesting. For example, the introduction could be about the
profession itself (why it is important, why it Is interesting, etc). Your body paragraphs should be about why you
would want to go into that profession, and even perhaps what you may get to learn while at your jobsite.
Please refrain from using the words “stuff”, “you” and “things”. Write in complete sentences and use transitions
so that your ideas flow from paragraph to paragraph.
Virtual Career Mentoring
Marking Period One Essay Rubric
Score Possibilities
All
Missing 1
Missing 2
Missing 1
Area
Length/ Format
(@Least 1 pg., 12 font, 1 in.
margins, Title, question
Grammar
(Spelling, punctuation, word
use, etc.)
Only 1
3
2
1
0.5
0
No mistakes
1-2 mistake
3 mistakes
4 mistakes
More than 4
mistakes
3
2
1
0.5
0
All
Only 4
Only 3
Only 2
Only 1
4
3
2
1
0
Valid, fully
explained
ideas
Fully
explained
ideas
5
3
15
12
Flow of Paper
(Intro, Body, transitions,
Conclusion, reads easy)
Information Provided
(Described thoroughly with
detail, fully answered
question, and you put
thought and effort into the
answer, provided valid
reasons for VCM placement)
Total Points _________________/25
8