Rubric for 1^st Part Writing – Your Pre-Writing – Name________________________

The left column shows whether you did what you needed to do (Y for Yes) or not (N for No). The 2nd page has the form to respond to feedback. Ask if you do not understand.

Yes/No	#	Explanation of What You Need to Do
	❶	Use the preformatted file provided in the course. Do not change its margins, font, or spacing between lines. Replace the XXXXs with your last name and the YYYYs with your first name. Replace the ##:## with the time your class starts. Example: if your class starts at 10:50 AM, replace the ##:## with 10:50.
	❷	The title will vary with the course and the paper, but whatever the title is in the preformatted file do not change it. Do read the title: you are teaching another student essentials of this history using the textbook and the primaries. Do not try to be fancy: try to be simple, organized, and true.
	❸	It is easiest to explain—and teach someone else—change over time if you are in chronological order. Start with the earliest primary and its textbook pages. In your 1^st paragraph, use the 1st primary and the pages from the textbook about that 1^st time period.
	❸	The same principles applies to your 2^nd paragraph.
	❸	The same principles applies to your 3^rd paragraph
	❹	These principles apply to every footnote in your paper: There are no assumptions about truth and no use of so-called common knowledge. Use footnotes to show the reader the proof of everything you state. Chicago Manual of Style makes evidence a) transparent in your writing but b) always visible on the page if the reader wants it. (Tip: Microsoft Word does this for you automatically.) A footnote is always after the fact(s) you used. A footnote must show the source of every fact since your prior footnote. (Tip: about new paragraphs.) A footnote states the name of the source and the exact, single page number where the reader could find the proof for what you stated. In this course, we used Chicago’s simple, short version of footnotes. The instructions provide those exact words for you for each primary and for your textbook. Tip: Click on the instructions for the paper and open your file for your paper. Find the exact words for the source you are citing in the instructions, copy those words, and then paste the words in the footnote you are creating and add the correct page number. If you will like a demonstration, just ask.
	❺ and ❻	With Chicago Manual of Style you may have more than one footnote in a sentence if needed.
	❼	The preformatted file has Bibliography centered at the top of the 2^nd page. Do not change it.
	❽	The preformatted file already contains the bibliographic information for the textbook. Do not change it. You provide the bibliographic information for each of the 3 primaries. The course provides instructions.

If Any, Details about the Problem in Row(s)

#	Details about the Problem in the Row
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❸	For your 1^st paragraph, 1st primary and pages from the textbook about that 1^st time period.
❸	For your 2nd paragraph, 2nd primary and pages from the textbook about that 2nd time period.
❸	For your 3rd paragraph, 3rd primary and pages from the textbook about that 3rd time period.
❹	If there are problems with specific footnotes in your paper:
❺ and ❻	With Chicago Manual of Style you may have more than one footnote in a sentence if needed.
❼	The preformatted file has Bibliography centered at the top of the 2^nd page. Do not change it.
❽	If there are problems with specific bibliographic entries in your paper:

Responding to the Feedback and the Grade

Grade out of 80 points: ____ F (47.2 or less) __ D (48) __ C (48) __ B (48) __ A (48) __ A but no errors(80)

Caution: You do not keep these points unless your 1^st Part Writing with my markups and this form stay in this orange folder as we do all 3 Parts of the paper. Why? Two reasons:

• Because your instructor looks at your prior papers to try to figure out what you need to improve
• Because I hope some of you will not keep repeating the same mistake. (How you get “amnesty” for a bad grade is if you stop repeating the same mistake in the 2^nd and 3^rd Part.) You change how you work (your habits); I’ll change your grade.

If You Made an N (for No) for any row(s), 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. (If you need this, arrange to see me ASAP. The sooner we talk,
the quicker you are safe.)

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