Student’s name: ____________________________________
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Criteria: |
Needs
Improvement |
Fair |
Good |
Excellent |
Total Points |
Length of paper |
2 points Significantly
shorter than the 500 word minimum. |
3 points Slightly
shorter than 500 word minimum. |
4 points Just
barely within the minimum assigned range. |
5 points Met
or exceeded the minimum assigned range. |
(5 max) |
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Grammar,
spelling and mechanics |
2 points More
than 10 grammar, spelling, or syntax errors. |
3 points 7
- 10 grammar, spelling, or syntax errors. |
4 points 3
- 6 grammar, spelling, or syntax errors. |
5 points No,
or only very slight, instances of spelling or grammatical errors. |
(5 max) |
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Addressed
Content Standards |
2 points CA
Content Standards were barely addressed, or not addressed at all. There was little, if any, expansion as to
how they could be applied in a classroom. |
3 points CA
Content Standards were addressed but in a manner that was essentially just
quoting them verbatim. There was
little, if any, expansion as to how they could be applied in a classroom. |
4 points CA
Content Standards were addressed and in a manner that was mostly other than
to simply quote them verbatim. There
was some expansion as to how they could be applied in a classroom. |
5 points CA
Content Standards were addressed and in a manner that was other than to
simply quote them verbatim. They were
expanded upon and shown how they could be applied. |
(5 max) |
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Explanation
of benefits of music; reasons for teaching music |
2 points Paper
does not try to explain the benefits of, and reasons for, teaching music. |
3 points Paper
tries to explain the benefits of, and reasons for, teaching music, but much
of the reasoning is either unsound or unsubstantiated. |
4 points Paper
explains the benefits of, and reasons for, teaching music, but some of the
reasoning is either unsound or unsubstantiated. |
5 points Paper
offers well-reasoned and well-supported explanation of the benefits of
teaching music. |
(5 max) |
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Overall
quality of content, writing skills and writing style |
7 points (or less) Paper
had significant problems or flaws.
Paper is such that it warrants serious concern for appropriate
university level writing skills. |
8 points Good
paper, some flaws and areas that warrant concern if this
were to be actually sent as is. |
9 points Excellent
paper, but with a few minor flaws or shortcomings. |
10 points Very
well written paper. Could be used as
an example for others. |
(10 max) |
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TOTAL POINTS (30 max) |
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