Friday, September 18, 2009

Grading system: final complacency paragraph

You will be graded on a scale from 1 to 6. 1 is the lowest and 6 is the highest. This is the scale for the ELA Regents which you will take in June 2010. You will be graded on these categories:

  • content: the material you use (evidence, background information)
  • development: how you develop/explain your argument in order for the reader to understand your position
  • organization: the actual placement/order of your sentences
  • meaning: your undertanding of the topic (complacency, negative impacts, the books, the plots)
  • conventions: proper in-text citations, indenting, underlining titles, spelling, grammar, proper paper format

Meaning, content and development usually outweigh the other categories. They are most important.

The 1 to 6 scale is as follows:

1= does not have this component

2= has this element minimally but is poor or confused

3= has the element but needs better use

4= has the component satisfactorily but does not show greater understanding

5= is better than satisfactory and could use minimal improvement

6= has completed thoroughly and thoughfully with little to no confusion or error

2 comments:

  1. what if you have more than one sentence based on one page? do you put ( Hesse _) for each sentence or at the end?

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  2. Actually, I'd imagine you would complete your context/negative effect first, then put the page numbers at the end. For example, if my context was 5 sentences long, I would write it out then cite, (Hesse 40-45). Putting it at the end of every sentence would be annoying.

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