Criteria for “C“, “B,” and “A” and the Rubric to Show Your Letter Grade for Content

If you follow all 5 Good Habits for Evidence (below), you earn a 30 out of 30 for the Good Habits for Evidence and you earn either a “C“, “B,” and “A” for content. I place an X in the yellow box to the left of the letter you earn.

 

"C" Paper Criteria (21-23.9)

 

"B" Paper Criteria (24-26.9)

 

"A" Paper Criteria (27-30)

 

Accurately read the parts, but did not analyze or try to evaluate interconnections.

 

Accurately read the parts. Analyzed each one. Tried to evaluate interconnections.

 

Accurately read the parts. Analyzed each one. Evaluated interconnections.

 

Only summarized separately each of the parts of the question, but did not cover interconnections.

 

Revealed each part and covered some interconnections. Provided few examples.

 

Understood each part. Revealed their interconnections. Provided clear, representative examples.

 

Followed the directions. 

 

Followed the directions carefully.

 

Followed the directions exactly.

 

Two or more mechanical errors.

 

One or more mechanical errors.

 

No more than one minor error.

If You Did Not Follow the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, How to Know How to Improve

If you did not follow the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, the highest grade for content that you can receive is 20.9.

If you did not follow the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, I place an X in each of the 2 yellow boxes below.

 

"D" for Paper Criteria (20.9 or less out of 30) for content.

 

1.11 for the 30-point 5 Good Habits for Evidence (If you change, you can replace that grade.)

You get feedback in 2 ways:

·         In the left margin of your paper by the line of your paper with the error, I write the Habit # and whether the habit was a “D” (a sign of a danger to you) or an “F” (a sign of failure or even getting fired on a job)

·         To give you details, I underline the Habit you missed in the rubric below.

Example: If you plagiarized, to the left of the line with the copied words without any quotation marks, I write 4F.

How to Have Good Habits for Evidence and Prevent Ds and Fs

If You Do Not, Dangers in a Class (D Grade) or a Job

If You Do Not, Failure in a Class (F Grade) or Fired on a Job

Habit 1. Reliable Sources Only

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Used an unreliable source. (1F).

Habit 2. Factual Accuracy That You Verify with the Reliable Source Before You Write

Misread or read passively or wrote passively (2D)

Assumed or wrote assumptions (2F). Used an incorrect or incomplete part of the source required for the question asked. (2F). Did not answer all parts of the question. (2F).

Habit 3. Factual Accuracy That Is Verifiable for Every Statement You Make

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Made errors such as cherry-picking facts or embellishing facts (3F).

Habit 2 and 3 combined.

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Did not cite accurately and according to the directions (2F & 3F)

Habit 4. No “Half-Copy” Plagiarism or “Patchwriting” 

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Plagiarized or did “half-copy” plagiarism (also called “patchwrite”) (4F).

Habit 5. Quotation Changes Revealed Clearly  

Used "" inaccurately or made the author's sentences look grammatically incorrect (5D).

Used "" inaccurately and changed meaning. (5F).

 

If You Made a 0 on the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, you earn full points if you::

1. Mark each Habit (yellow box) that you need to change

2. Mark EITHER a) OR b) below:

__a) I understand the rubric and the notes on the paper.

__b) I will talk with my instructor so I understand.

3. On the next Part of the 3-Part Writing, you follow all Good Habits for Evidence.

 

Directions: If a # is underlined in the rubric, put an X below. Example: If your instructor underlined 1. Used an unreliable source on your rubric, you put an X beside Habit 1 below and click on the link for its preventions.

 

 

 

Habit 1. Reliable Sources Only  

 

 

Habit 2. Factual Accuracy That You Verify with the Reliable Source Before You Write

 

 

Habit 3. Factual Accuracy That Is Verifiable for Every Statement You Make  and Three Frequently Asked Questions about Citing

 

 

Habit 4. No “Half-Copy” Plagiarism or “Patchwriting”
and Why I Make a Big Deal about Plagiarism and Patchwriting

 

 

Habit 5. Quotation Changes Revealed Clearly  

 

 

Copyright C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2003-2019

 

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