The attached pdf is the article this assignment is based off of.
A. Assignment Guidelines
DIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines. Refer to the Sample Touchstone for additional guidance on structure, formatting, and citation.
❒ Have you introduced the title of the article and the author by name?
❒ Have you communicated the source’s purpose?
❒ Have you included all of the source’s main points, using page-numbered citations as you paraphrase?
❒ Have you used at least two key, quoted examples, cited with page numbers from the source, as part of the summary?
❒ Have you provided your perspective on the source’s argument?
❒ Have you used at least two specific, quoted examples, cited with page numbers from the source to illustrate why you either agree or disagree with the argument?
❒ Have you answered all reflection questions including specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight in all responses?
❒ Are your answers included on a separate page below the main assignment?
DIRECTIONS: Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.
1. What ideas originally came to mind when you first read through the article? Did your initial response to the article change after reading it for a second time? (3-4 sentences)
2. How does paying attention to the way you respond to a source help you formulate your stance on a topic? (2-3 sentences)
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Advanced (100%) |
Proficient (85%) |
Acceptable (75%) |
Needs Improvement (50%) |
Non-Performance (0%) |
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Source Summary Summarize the main argument of a research source. (30%) |
Provides a complete and accurate summary of the article’s contextual information, main purpose, and argument mostly in your own words, with at least two cited, key direct quotations. |
Provides an accurate summary of the article’s contextual information, main purpose, and argument mostly in your own words, with at least two cited, key direct quotations. |
Provides an accurate summary of article and contextual information, but may be missing one cited, key quotation. |
Provides an incomplete summary of the article’s contextual information, main purpose, and argument and/or is missing both cited, key quotations. |
Does not provide a complete and accurate summary of the article’s main purpose and argument in your own words, with at least two cited, key direct quotations. |
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Source Response Articulate a response to the argument presented in a research source. (30%) |
Constructs a thoughtful and academically appropriate response to the source, including accurately identified, quoted, and cited samples from the source that relate to the response. |
Constructs an academically appropriate response to the source, including accurately identified, quoted, and cited samples from the source that relate to the response. |
Constructs an academically appropriate response to the source, but may be missing one quoted and cited sample. Samples are accurately identified and cited. |
Constructs an appropriate response to the source, but does not include quoted and/or accurately cited samples that relate to the response. |
Does not construct an academically appropriate response to the source, does not include quoted or cited samples from the source that relate to the response, and/or samples are inaccurately identified and cited. |
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Organization Exhibit competent organizational writing techniques. (10%) |
Includes all of the required components of a summary and response essay, including an introduction with an engaging summary of the source’s argument, and body paragraphs containing a detailed and thoughtful response to the argument. |
Includes all of the required components of a summary and response essay, including an introduction with a summary of the source’s argument, and body paragraphs containing a response to the argument. |
Includes nearly all of the required components of summary and response essay; however, one component is missing. |
Includes most of the required components of a summary and response essay, but is lacking two components; sequences ideas and paragraphs such that the connections between ideas (within and between paragraphs) are sometimes unclear and the reader may have difficulty following the progression of the essay. |
Lacks several or all of the components of a summary and response essay; sequences ideas and paragraphs such that the connections between ideas (within and between paragraphs) are often unclear and the reader has difficulty following the progression of the essay. |
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Style Establish a consistent, informative tone and make thoughtful stylistic choices. (10%) |
Demonstrates thoughtful and effective word choices, avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a wide variety of sentence structures. |
Demonstrates effective word choices, primarily avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a variety of sentence structures. |
Demonstrates generally effective style choices, but may include occasional redundancies, imprecise language, poor word choice, and/or repetitive sentence structures. |
Frequently includes poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and/or repetitive sentence structures. |
Consistently demonstrates poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and/or repetitive sentence structures. |
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Conventions Follow conventions for standard written English. (10%) |
There are only a few, if any, negligible errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage. |
There are occasional minor errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage. |
There are some significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage. |
There are frequent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage. |
There are consistent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage. |
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Reflection Answer reflection questions thoroughly and thoughtfully. (10%) |
Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; consistently includes specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight in all responses, following or exceeding response length guidelines. |
Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; includes multiple specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight, following response length guidelines. |
Primarily demonstrates thoughtful reflection, but some responses are lacking in detail or insight; primarily follows response length guidelines. |
Shows limited reflection; the majority of responses are lacking in detail or insight, with some questions left unanswered or falling short of response length guidelines. |
No reflection responses are present. |
The following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:
· Composition must be 2-3 pages (approximately 500-750 words).
· Double-space the composition and use one-inch margins.
· Use a readable 12-point font.
· All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
· Composition must be original and written for this assignment.
· Use of generative chatbot artificial intelligence tools (ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard) in place of original writing is strictly prohibited for this assignment.
· Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
· Submission must include your name, the name of the course, the date, and the title of your composition.
· Include all of the assignment components in a single file.
· Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.
· Purdue APA format
