ENGLISH 110: SOLBERG

							                               ENGLISH 110: SOLBERG
                        ESSAY #3: JUSTIFYING AN EVALUATION
                                    GRADE SHEET
Name ______________________________                                            ESSAY GRADE ________
Portfolio Grade _______                                      Can grade be raised? ___ Up to _______
Peer Evaluation Grades ___ /____
Checklist: + = very good;  = good; - = fair; — = poor
Introduction, Presentation of the Subject, & Judgment (Thesis): How well does the essay ...
____ engagingly present the subject & provide enough (but not unnecessary) detail to orient the reader?
      ADD ETHOS
____ focus on the subject in the introduction and avoid making cosmic assertions?
____ set up the argument to be made by clearly identifying the category and criteria?
____ clearly state the writer’s overall judgment that the subject is good, bad or somewhere in between?
Reasons, Evidence & Explanation (Support), and Rebuttals: How well does the essay ...
____ use clearly defined/justified, appropriate, and clearly weighted criteria?
____ support the judgment with clear, specific, relevant, consistent, and sufficient reasons?
____ support the reasons with clear, specific, relevant, consistent, & sufficient evidence & explanation?
____ include relevant and necessary rebuttals at appropriate times and with clear cues?
   ____ effectively use logos?            ____ effectively use pathos? ____ effectively use ethos?
Conclusion: How well does the essay ...
____ have a conclusion that reasserts the judgment, recaps all the reasons without simply repeating
     them, and puts the subject into a broader perspective without becoming too cosmic?
Tone and Audience: How well does the essay ...
____ show awareness of audience through the information given and argumentative strategy followed?
____ argue with an appropriate tone?
Structure and organization: How well does the essay ...
____ follow an effective organizational pattern which is relevant and logical for the audience?
____ use clear topic sentences?
____ include paragraphs which are coherent, unified, and effectively developed?
____ use effective transitions and cueing devices to move between points within paragraphs?
____ use effective transitions and cueing devices to move between points between paragraphs?
                                                                        Overall Quality of Argument ____
Grammar and mechanics: Does the essay ...
____ contain a variety of skillfully constructed sentences?
____ promote clarity and effectiveness with consistent use of standard usage, mechanics, spelling, and a
     precise and ample vocabulary?
____ Number of major errors ____
____ Number of spelling/apostrophe/typographical errors ___
                                                         Overall Quality of grammar/mechanics _____
                                                    ESSAY GRADE BEFORE PROCESS PENALTIES ____


Portfolio Grade Tally:
___ invention         ___ grade sheet                              ___ Incomplete invention
___ draft 1          ___ unit eval                                 ___ No/late 1st draft/rev plan (-10)
___ D 1 rev plan     ___ self eval                                 ___ No/late 2nd draft/rev plan (-10)
___ orig draft 2     ___ goals                                     ___ No/late peer evals (-10)
___ PE w/drafts      ___ E Check                                   ___ No 3rd draft (-10)
___ D2 rev plan      ___ final                                     ___ Late portfolio/late to TurnItIn
 ___ draft 3         ___ essay format                              Total process penalties: _____
                     ___ port format