Support is irrelevant overgeneralized andor lacking

Support is
irrelevant,
overgeneralized,
and/or lacking.
The support, if
present, is largely
unrelated to the
student's
attempted
discussion.
A haphazard
arrangement of
ideas and/or
details provides
little or no
direction for the
discussion, and
a conclusion is
absent or
obscure. A
unifying effect
and/or
controlling idea
is absent.
Diction is
overgeneralize
d and/or
inaccurate.
Syntax is
confused and
uncontrolled.
The writing is
unclear. Lack of
language
choices
contributes to a
confusing
composition
with an
ineffective
voice.
This writing
demonstrates lack of
control of correct
sentence
construction, usage,
grammar, and
mechanics. Jarring
errors impair
communication.
Don't be intimidated by the scoring guide; it's really quite simple. Note that you're
marked according to five categories: Thought and Understanding (your ideas and
interpretations), Supporting Evidence (your evidence in support of your ideas), Form
and Structure (your organization, unity, and coherence), Matters of Choice (your diction,
voice, and structural choices—like parallelism and inverted sentence order), and Matters
of Correctness (your mastery of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage).
In each category, you can get up to five marks—for a total of 25 on the paper (on your
Diploma Exam, somewhat more weight is given to the first two categories). The guide
makes an attempt to describe what you must do to earn 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 mark in each
category.
Your job now is to examine the guide carefully in order to become more familiar with it.
Then, in the chart provided here, assess your own critical response in question 2 by
assigning yourself a mark for each category. Try to be fair, and don't succumb to false
modesty! Give yourself the mark you really think you deserve!
Category
Mark out of 5
possible marks
Thought and
Understanding
Supporting
Evidence
Form and
Structure
Matters of Choice
Matters of
Correctness

Revelation A18
Now, as you've done before, your job is to explain, or justify, the mark you gave
yourself in each of the five categories of the marking guide. Refer specifically to the
descriptions in the relevant boxes and to aspects of your own response that you feel
illustrate those descriptions.