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| 4 (PASSING) | 3 (NON-PASSING) | |
| Organization/Content | generally will have an opening and a closing. The responses relate to the topic. They have a single focus and are organized.There is little, if any difficulty moving from idea to idea. Ideas may ramble somewhat and clusters of ideas may be loosely connected; however, an overall progression is apparent. In some papers, development is uneven, consisting of elaborated ideas interspersed with bare, unelaborated details. | may not have an opening and/or closing. The responses relate to the topic and usually have a single focus. Some of these papers may drift from the focus or abruptly shift focus; however, in these papers, at least one of the subjects focused upon clearly meets the criteria for a 3. For example: some 3 papers are sparse--they have several details with a little elaboration, but they are organized and controlled; some 3 papers will ramble somewhat, repeating ideas resulting in a lengthy response that otherwise would be sparse; and other 3 papers have elaborated ideas and details., but the writing sample is interrupted by organizational flaws/lapses or by lack of transition between ideas or clusters of ideas. |
| Usage | may display some errors in usage, but no consistent error pattern apparent. | may display a pattern of errors in usage |
| Sentences Construction | may demonstrate a generally correct sense of syntax. They avoid excessive monotony in syntax and/or rhetorical modes. There may be a few errors in sentence construction. | may demonstrate an excessive monotony in syntax structure and/or rhetorical modes. There may be errors in sentence construction. |
| Mechanics | may display some errors in mechanics, but these errors will not constitute a consistent pattern. | may display a pattern of errors in mechanics. |
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Results of the Freshman Survey given at the time you took the Basic Skills Test.
You can now get to the site by going to the WPU home page at WWW.wpunj.edu then go to Academics, Instruction, Research and Technology, then Course-Based Conferences.
| At this point, I am not making comments in FORUMS
about grammar in my replies. For those mistakes that are common, I am going to deal with
them in class. Other errors require a conversation. I am also not indicating every error or every type of error. The reason for this is that I want you to deal with one or two major problems at a time. That is why you are going to be doing several rewrites. Also, keep in mind that if I ask you to add material, it doesn't mean that what you have is not good. It is just that it is possible to extended what you have into an even better paper. Lastly, I may not get to everybody's papers right away. . |
Welcome to the Writing homepage. On this page you can find some of class handouts and links to other source material that you can use for class assignments. Links will be added as needed so check this page.
The goal in this course is to explore different modes of writing that you will need to master in order to enhance your success in college as well as develop links between writing and other academic areas such as History, Sociology, Philosophy, Geography, Politics, Statistics etc. using the case study approach.
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