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RLST100 NEWS ARTICLE ANALYSIS – GRADING RUBRIC
| A: Excellent | B: Good | C: Adequate | D: Marginal | F: Inadequate | |||
| Summary | Summary of article is clear and concise. Does not contain any analysis or commentary. | Summary of article is clear and concise. Does not contain any analysis or commentary. | Summary of article is clear and concise. Does not contain any analysis or commentary. | Summary of article is clear and concise. Does not contain any analysis or commentary. | Summary of article is clear and concise. Does not contain any analysis or commentary. | ||
| Proposed Analysis | Proposed analyses directly linked to class material. Methods of analysis clearly communicated. | Proposed analyses directly linked to class material. Methods of analysis clearly communicated. | Proposed analyses directly linked to class material. Methods of analysis clearly communicated. | Proposed analyses directly linked to class material. Methods of analysis clearly communicated. | Proposed analyses directly linked to class material. Methods of analysis clearly communicated. | ||
| Paragraph | Structure. Focus. | Structure. Focus. | Structure. Focus. | Structure. Focus. | Structure. Focus. | ||
| Writing | Clarity. Diction. Grammar. Punctuation. No typing errors. No biased language. No colloquial language. | Clarity. Diction. Grammar. Punctuation. No typing errors. No biased language. No colloquial language. | Clarity. Diction. Grammar. Punctuation. No typing errors. No biased language. No colloquial language. | Clarity. Diction. Grammar. Punctuation. No typing errors. No biased language. No colloquial language. | Clarity. Diction. Grammar. Punctuation. No typing errors. No biased language. No colloquial language. | ||
| Requirement | Penalty | ||||||
| Assignment: includes grading rubric | 1 mark | ||||||
| Formatting: in Times 12-point font | 1 mark | ||||||
| Formatting: double-spaced | 1 mark | ||||||
| Formatting: each page after the title page is numbered | 1 mark | ||||||
| Title page: present | 1 mark | ||||||
| Title page (if present): includes all information | 1 mark | ||||||
| Citations: quotation marks used for any text taken word-for-word from secondary sources. Paraphrases must cited even if not a direct quote | 25 marks* | ||||||
| Citations: in correct Chicago Manual of Style author-date format | 1 mark | ||||||
| Article selected is recent (within last 2 months) and from appropriate source (legitimate, non-satire, non-religious news group) | 10 marks | ||||||
* To recover the 25 marks deducted for not using quotation marks and/or page #s when required, please do the following:
a) fix the error by adding in the quotation marks and/or page #s correctly;
b) email the corrected assignment to Ian within two weeks of your grades be uploaded to URCourses.
| Assignment Grade: | Grade before penalties | Penalties | Final grade (out of 100) |
