Heading

_____Is Heading Correct? (See the example below to pattern your heading.)

For example (Upper left corner of p. 1)

Jane Doe (your name)

Professor Andrade

English 1302 (Section number WS 1, WS 4, WS 7)

13 Feb. 2010 (The correct date)

Introduction

 ____Title appropriate to the subject of the essay?: See T in Grading

____Correct type of  title: See T in Grading

____Author's name and the title of the story, poems, or play in the introduction?

____Thesis is analytical and does not merely state events in the story. (See explanation of thesis in Grading: XThesis)

Essay

Is the thesis supported from the critics' points-of-view?

    _____Superior

    _____Good

    _____Satisfactory

    _____Unsatisfactory

Is there adequate explanation/quotations from the text of  story/play/poems?

    _____Superior

    _____Good

    _____Satisfactory

    _____Unsatisfactory

The student explains well his/her point-of-view (not too much re-telling of the plot).

    _____Superior

    _____Good

    _____Satisfactory

    _____Unsatisfactory

_____Conclusion is thought-provoking and interesting

_____Essay is superior

_____Good

_____Essay is average/satisfactory

_____Essay is unsatisfactory

Grammar

_____Good grammar

_____Needs improvement: Grammar skills: see Help on the Website for information on the Writing Center

_____Needs a great deal of improvement: Grammar skills: see Help on the Website for information on the Writing Center

_____Good diction (word choice) and sophisticated syntax (sentence structure: skillful combination of  clauses, use of complex sentences)

_____ Needs improvement: Diction (word choice) and syntax (sentence structure: skillful combination of clauses)

_____Needs a great deal of improvement: Diction: see Help on the Website for information on the Writing Center

_____Essay is well developed. Each body paragraph has as much information and support (quotations) as possible.

_____Essay has some development. Body paragraphs need more examples and support (quotations).

_____Needs improvement: You need to explain your ideas more fully and give more examples, quotations, paraphrases.

_____Essay rambles, strays from thesis. The essay needs to be tighter in organization, more concise

Works Cited

_____Correct

_____Revise

Parenthetical Documentation

_____Correct

_____Revise