Dear Class,
Welcome to Lesson 9, wherein you will read strong articles, view important presentations, and revise and proofread your Persuasive essay (note my parallel structure). Your persuasive essay, worth 100 points, is one of the two most important assignments in this class because it is worth so many points. This essay is an opportunity to demonstrate all the skills you have learned from our class so far--it is a chance to show off! The persuasive essay rubric has been improved, so I'll use it to grade your work. Here it is:
English 106: Persuasive Essay Rubric
1) The paper takes a position on a controversial issue by clearly stating the writer's position OR defines a clear problem or question that will be answered by a solution. The writer adequately establishes that the position or problem is one that should be considered by the reader. The paper adequately and appropriately considers opposing arguments. (20 points possible)
2) The position or solution is supported by reasons, examples, facts, case studies, personal experience, or other types of evidence. Supporting paragraph do not diverge from the paper’s main argument. (20 points possible)
3) The title is catchy and indicates the paper’s subject, and the introduction engagingly frames and focuses the position or problem, providing relevant background information. The conclusion reminds the readers where they’ve been, reconnects them to the introduction, and provides a strong finish. (20 points possible)
4) The body of the paper is coherent and unified, with each paragraph focused on one main idea. The body contains a logical argument with strong transitions between paragraphs, sentences, and ideas. (20 points possible)
5) The paper format includes Times New Roman, 12-pt font, double-spaced, one-inch margins (that is the default), and name and class information. Remember to give your paper a title. Page length requirement: 2-3 pages. (10 points possible)
6) The essay has few or no errors in the conventions of standard edited English (spelling, punctuation, grammar problems, or sentence structure errors). (10 points possible)
Welcome to Lesson 9, wherein you will read strong articles, view important presentations, and revise and proofread your Persuasive essay (note my parallel structure). Your persuasive essay, worth 100 points, is one of the two most important assignments in this class because it is worth so many points. This essay is an opportunity to demonstrate all the skills you have learned from our class so far--it is a chance to show off! The persuasive essay rubric has been improved, so I'll use it to grade your work. Here it is:
English 106: Persuasive Essay Rubric
1) The paper takes a position on a controversial issue by clearly stating the writer's position OR defines a clear problem or question that will be answered by a solution. The writer adequately establishes that the position or problem is one that should be considered by the reader. The paper adequately and appropriately considers opposing arguments. (20 points possible)
2) The position or solution is supported by reasons, examples, facts, case studies, personal experience, or other types of evidence. Supporting paragraph do not diverge from the paper’s main argument. (20 points possible)
3) The title is catchy and indicates the paper’s subject, and the introduction engagingly frames and focuses the position or problem, providing relevant background information. The conclusion reminds the readers where they’ve been, reconnects them to the introduction, and provides a strong finish. (20 points possible)
4) The body of the paper is coherent and unified, with each paragraph focused on one main idea. The body contains a logical argument with strong transitions between paragraphs, sentences, and ideas. (20 points possible)
5) The paper format includes Times New Roman, 12-pt font, double-spaced, one-inch margins (that is the default), and name and class information. Remember to give your paper a title. Page length requirement: 2-3 pages. (10 points possible)
6) The essay has few or no errors in the conventions of standard edited English (spelling, punctuation, grammar problems, or sentence structure errors). (10 points possible)
100 TOTAL
(*Note
that the rubric calls for 2-3 pages; I won't count headers or Works
Cited Pages toward that page count. You must send your final Persuasive
essay as an attachment so I can assess your formatting.)
Reading
through and viewing the materials in this lesson should not take more
than a few hours, so there will be plenty of time this week to revise
and polish your essay. Have you sent it to the Writing Center yet? If
not, do so now! A tutor's feedback can make such a difference. The
revision and proofreading presentations give fantastic suggestions
regarding how to strengthen your work as well.
By
Tuesday evening, I will have read and made comments about your draft.
Make sure to read those comments, and apply the suggestions that you
feel will improve your essay.
Finally,
I will go to Girls' Camp on Tuesday evening, and I will be offline
through Thursday evening. If you have any pressing questions while I'm
away, please contact my friend and fellow English 106 teacher Torri
Black at blackt@byui.edu. She would be very happy to answer questions.
Thank you for all the great work you do.
Love,
Sister Bowen
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