Ideas: The heart of the My writing brims with details that hold a A reader would understand my MAIN idea. Someone else might have trouble figuring
message, the content of reader’s attention. The main point is very I could use more information, though. out what I’m trying to say. I might not the focused and easy to understand. A reader Some details are important and interesting: know enough yet about this topic to write. piece, the main theme, with would learn something reading this. Other details are too general or are things My details are vague: “It was fun and details that enrich and everyone already knows. My topic is still too stuff.” develop that theme. big: “Weather” “World Peace” “All About Computers” Organization: The I give my reader a strong sense of direction. It’s partly smooth, partly bumpy. I’m My writing doesn’t have real shape or internal structure, the The structure of my paper helps make the starting to know where I’m going. You direction yet. thread of meaning clear. My opening gets a reader’s won’t feel lost if you pay attention. I’m not sure where to begin or where to go central meaning, the logical attention and gives a clue about what’s I have a beginning, but I’m not sure it’s a next. What goes with what? and sometimes intriguing coming. Everything seems in order. You grabber. Readersare you there? Ideas seem jumbled, scrambled. It’s just a pattern of the ideas. won’t feel like reshuffling the deck. Usually, you can see how I got from point to list of stuff. point, but you might need to make some How do I end this? Get me out! leaps. I have a conclusion. Voice: The unique You could tell this was mine if you knew me. I hear myself in spots. My voice booms I don’t feel engaged by this topic, so how perspective of the writer It’s personal and uniquelike fingerprints. I through for a moment here and therethen can I get a reader interested. If you didn’t evident in have put my personal stamp on this paper. fades to a whisper. I don’t think you’ll fall know, I’m not sure you could tell who wrote the piece through the use I’m speaking right to the reader. I picture asleep, but it isn’t strong enough yet to this. There isn’t that much of me in here. of compelling ideas, my reader. I imagine how he/she will feel make you laugh, cry or pound the table. This writing might be flat, but it feels safe. engaging reading this. I’m not taking any risks here. Word Choice: The use of I searched. I stretched. I found just the These words get the general message across. I can just picture my reader saying, “What rich, colorful, right words and phrases to make my But I don’t see many “quotable moments.” did you mean by this?” precise language that meaning clear. Look at my energetic verbs: I’m not stretching here. I’m settling for Some of my words are mistakenoops, I moves and enlightens the leaped, raged, tumbled, flailed, quaked, basic meaning. It’s clear. But it could use mean misused. reader. moped, launched, pitched, shrieked, imagination, flair, pizzazz. wheedled, nudged. Sentence Fluency: The These sentences almost sing. It is very easy It’s pretty easy to read aloud if you take This paper is hard to read aloud, even with rhythm and flow of the to read this paper aloud with lots of your time, but I wish it sounded smoother practice. As I read, I find myself stopping, language, the sound of inflection (expression). in places. I’ve noticed something about my going back, rechecking the meaning. I’m word patterns, the way in Some sentences are long and stretchy, some sentences. My sentences are all about the having a hard time telling where one which short and snappy. same length. Maybe I could combine some. sentence ends and the next begins. the writing plays to the ear, Maybe I could shorten others. not just to the eye. Conventions: The There are so few errors in this paper, you’ll I took a look. I made corrections. But some My editing is not under control yet. You mechanical correctness of have to hunt for them! It would be a snap to bothersome mistakes still need cleaning up might need to read once to decode, then the get this ready to publish. My spelling is before I’m ready to publish. You won’t find again to focus on meaning. Speling errer piece; spelling, grammar accurate; I have checked words I did not BIG GLARING errorsthe kind that make our commun, evin on simple werdz. I and usage, paragraphing, know. Grammar and usage are correct and it hard to understand what I mean. Little sometimes, used, “punctuation,” where it, use consistent. hardtospot errors, though? Yes, you’ll wasn’t needed and in other place’s I forgot of capitals, and find sumuh, make that some. to put it in punctuation.* Presentation The form and presentation of the blog My blog is understandable but doesn’t Anyone looking at my blogs or discussions Scoring Rubric for Blogging/ Discussion / Participation in Mr. Rezac’s Class