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Rubric for Story about Your Argument Essay
Assignment #2: Story about Your Argument (10% of your Final Course Grade)
• Free write paragraph/posting (2%)
• Discussion Board commentary (1%)
• Rough Draft (2%)
• Peer Review Participation (2%)
• Final Draft (3%)
Formative Assessments: These are the Activities that we did to gradually create material for our Philosophy of Literacy Essays. This part of your grade is a “participation” credit: If you did it, you get the points. If you didn’t do it, you don’t get these points. If you submit these Activity assignments late, you get half of the points for Activities submitted late.
P = Participation; NP =Nonparticipation; L = Late
Activity One: Choose an Issue for your Portfolio 10 pts
Activity Two: Tell a brief story about someone making an argument about your issue 10 pts
Activity Three: Tell a brief story about someone making the OPPOSITE argument about
your issue 10 pts
Activity Four: Which sciences and produce expertise on your issue? 10 pts
Rough Draft 20 pts
Peer Review 20 pts
Final Draft: 30 pts
Your final draft will be graded as it measures up against the following questions. I have used the following simple, 3-point rating scale.
Well Done = 3pts; Adequately Done = 2pts; Poorly Done = 1pt
1. Has the author made the issue clear?
2. Has this author articulated the TWO rival arguments clearly?
3. Does this storyteller make it clear how each side frames their efforts as an “invitation” to the “greater good”?
4. Does this storyteller make it clear who are some of the prominent thinkers, politicians, scientists, and activists who are involved in this issue?
5. Does this storyteller lay out the various argumentative techniques used by each side?
6. Does this storyteller make it clear what are some of the familiar, recurring ideas that arise from each side of this argument?
7. Does this storyteller make it clear what important institutions, disciplines, sciences are provide the setting for this argument?
8. Does this storyteller lay out clearly what is at stake in this dispute?
9. Has this storyteller made the story of this argument engaging and entertaining?
10. Is the writing clean and correct? Or do errors undermine the author’s credibility?
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