Writing Skills

More than Acceptable Unacceptable Acceptable Purpose/Thesis Provides an Provides a point of Provides no or limited (2 points) insightful point of view/position and point of view/position view/position and demonstrates an and demonstrates no or demonstrates a awareness of limited awareness of strong awareness audience and audience and purpose of audience and purpose (0 point) purpose (1 point) (2 points) Evidence/Support Evidence is Evidence is Evidence is lacking or (2 points) substantial, sufficient, inadequate/inconsistent, specific and/or consistent, and and marginally illustrative, and moderately well developed and strongly developed and supportive developed and supportive (0 point) supportive (1 point) (2 points) Use of Sources and Uses varied and Uses sufficient Uses insufficient Documentation* substantial sources sources and has sources and has (2 points) and has no some numerous documentation documentation documentation errors errors errors (0 point) (2 points) (1 point) Organization Organization is Organization is Organization is weak or (5 points) logical, coherent, adequate and limited and makes no or and makes makes sufficient few connections among substantial connections among ideas connections among ideas (0-1 points) ideas (2-3 points) (4-5 points) Language and Style Exhibits skillful Exhibits adequate Exhibits inconsistent (5 points) use of language, use of language, use of language, appropriate mostly appropriate inappropriate vocabulary, and vocabulary, and vocabulary, and variety in sentence some variety in frequent problems in structure sentence structure sentence structure (4-5 points) (2-3 points) (0-1 points) Mechanics and Substantial control Sufficient control Inadequate control of Usage of grammar and of grammar and grammar and (9 points) mechanics with no mechanics with mechanics with errors some errors numerous errors (7-9 points) (4-6 points) (0-3 points) *APA Style Required for parenthetical cites in paper and reference page Each case analysis is worth 50 points; 25 points of which are allocated to writing