Today’s Plan:
- Report Grading Criteria
- Peer Review
- Homework
Report Grading Criteria
Here was the collaborative assignment sheet. Highlights:
- Title Page
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Data
- Discussion
- Conclusion
What do we know about writing an introduction?
- The purpose of a feasibility report is to determine which of two proposed options would be best
- NOT A MYSTERY. TELL ME EVERYTHING. States purpose. Offers
summary of the whole report. - Clear statement of the problem/project
- Nature of problem and why it should be discussed
- Concise background information, including past work, current objective, and any and all limitations
What do we know about writing a methodology?
- The methodology for a feasibility report will contain a Introduction, a body, a conclusion and a recommendation
- Should be able to replicate your work
- Should provide explanation sufficient enough to check your own work
- Information should be expressed in chronological order according to importance
Here are the major criteria:
- Clear Purpose
- Does the introduction layout a clear, actionable proposal? Do I know the writer’s purpose?
- Is there a roadmap that lays out the order of material in the paper? [First this paper… Second it… Finally it… OR I begin by I then turn to Finally I]
- Job Research
- Does the section contain a graph of data?
- Can you understand the graph, is there some kind of key, or is there some mystery meat? (That is, could you understand the graph if you had not done this project)
- Data: Does the writer make clear and summarize the important information in all graphs?
- Findings: Does the writer make clear the significance of what the graph says?
- Clarity and Style
- Are sentences easy to read?
- Do I find logical jumps between periods? Is there rhetorical continuity?
- Does the prose reflect our work with Williams and Bizup on characters and actions?
- Grammar
- commas, run-ons, fragments, tense shifts, agreement errors, etc
- Business Style and Formatting
- One idea per paragraph? ONE. IDEA. PER. PARAGRAPH.
- Clear, descriptive title?
- Single-spaced (or 1.15), block formatted paragraphs? (Don’t let me see an indent people)
- Headings left-aligned in bold? Subheadings left-aligned in italics?
Homework
I have decided to extend the due date for one more night. I will have office hours tomorrow, but I don’t think I can be there until 1:00. So 1:00 to 3:00 tomorrow in Ross 1180D if you have questions.
