EVALUATION OF STUDENT-GENERATED WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Student Evaluator: Vanessa Colon
Overall Rating:
Author of Essay: Erin Lawhun
Title of Essay: Should Kerry or Bush lead Our Country?
1 = Poor
2 = Weak
3 = Average
4 = Good
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5
5 = Excellent
CONTENT AND FOCUS
Generic Requirements: The writer meets the requirements of the assignment and reveals a grasp of
the generic demands of the writing tasks and a sensitivity to its purpose, audience, and basic
features.
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Quality of ideas: The writer has important things to say. The ideas are well suited to the audience
and purpose.
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Focus: The writer makes it clear what the main idea of the paper is and centers all of what is written
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on this idea. The paper does not stray from this controlling idea.
ORGANIZATION AND COHERENCE
Introduction: The beginning of the piece is appropriate to both the generic demands and assignment
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requirements. It engages the readers’ interest and prepares them for what follows.
Paragraphs: The paragraphs are organized around central topics. They are developed, unified, and
coherent. They proceed in logical order using appropriate transitions.
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Support: Generalizations are connected to specific details, examples, and/or supporting evidence. It
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is clear how specifics are related to more general ideas.
Conclusion: The conclusion is appropriate to both the generic demands and assignment
requirements. It provides a strong, satisfying sense of resolution or closure.
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TONE AND STYLE
Tone: The tone is consistent and suitable for the topic and purpose, with the appropriate closeness
or distance from the audience. The writer seems interested in the subject and makes the reader
interested.
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Style: The writer uses apt and precise diction and clear phrasing. The writer uses active and vivid
verbs where appropriate. The writer uses a variety of sentence types.
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EXPRESSION, MECHANICS, AND CONVENTIONS
Grammar: The paper is free from problems with word choice and sentence construction
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Punctuation: The paper is free from abuses of punctuation marks.
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Spelling and Mechanics The paper is free from spelling and mechanical errors.
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Format: The paper follows the guidelines for formatting formal papers.
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COMMENTS:
You met the requirements and you have great ideas, but your focus needs some work.
Introduction does not answer the “should question”, it is implied but not stated. There is also no clear
blueprint to follow and no thesis that I could identify.
I like your reasoning. Evidence is good and well supported, but paragraphs are not unified and have
no transition or clincher.
Conclusion is strong but unsatisfying. There is still no stated answer to the question.
I like the tone in all the papers you write, but I think your style could be more focused.
There were some sentence structure and comma errors but overall okay. Spelling was good.
-Vanessa
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