Side Trip Assignment 1A
Side Trip Assignment 1B - Informative Report: Final Version
Scoring Criteria
(100 possible mileage points)

  1. Submission is correctly titled [For correct title, see "Side Trip Assignment 1A" instructions under "How do I submit this assignment?"] (5 mileage points):

  2. Submission correctly uses MLA paper format (5 mileage points):

  3. Report contains an introduction that clearly states your Research Paper Question and announces your purpose in writing the report (10 mileage points):

  4. Report contains four paragraphs, each of which clearly summarizes the viewpoint of an author (40 mileage points):

  5. Report contains a conclusion that briefly restates the viewpoints of all four authors and notes similarities and differences among them (10 mileage points):

  6. Report avoids expressing the writer's own position on the Issue (5 mileage points):

  7. Report is more clearly structured than in Side Trip Assignment 1A (10 mileage points):

  8. Report is clearly worded than in Side Trip Assignment 1A, containing fewer errors involving grammar, punctuation, mechanics, spelling, and sentence structure (10 mileage points):

  9. Report contains clearer transitions between paragraphs than in Side Trip Assignment 1A (5 mileage points):

TOTAL MILEAGE POINTS FOR SIDE TRIP ASSIGNMENT 1B (OUT OF 80 POSSIBLE):

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