Student Writing Samples - Essay

The 3 Response

The three paper is barely adequate. The paper features underdeveloped paragraphs. Transition may be weak or absent. Support for obvious and simplistic ideas is frequently in the form of listed details. Little variety in diction and sentence structure is discernible. Although the reader may be aware of some purpose, errors impede the fluency of the paper.

101 10 - This paper is clearly adequate in content and style (four) but the lack of paragraphing requires it be graded as a three.

46 23 - Although there is adequate structure, the content is repetitious and misses specific examples. There is no development of a central idea. Mechanical errors are present but do not impede understanding.

48 03 - This paper is barely adequate because of the undeveloped and disconnected paragraphs. The student begins by listing and then switches to a story, rendering the purpose unclear.