Final Ru
ic for Assignment – Draft 1 and 2 will be evaluated using this ru
ic
English
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2
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4
Sentence structure:
Mistakes in: run-ons; non- parallel; commas; over-simplistic or lack of variety
Not used co
ectly
used inco
ectly (many mistakes)
used mostly co
ectly (few mistakes)
used co
ectly (almost no mistakes)
Coherency/cohesion:
Mistakes in connectors; paragraph structure/flow; choppy sentences
Not used co
ectly
used inco
ectly (many mistakes)
used mostly co
ectly (few mistakes)
used co
ectly (almost no mistakes)
Popular science
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2
3
4
Title
a) No title
b) Title, inappropriate
Title, lacking style of genre
Appropriate title
Use of active voice: counted by WORD statistics
c) 40+%
d) 30-39%
20-29%
1-19%
Definition/explanation:
Use of definition/explanation to explain necessary terms
all missing
many missing/ much jargon
used some with jargon
used most of the time
Did students include all the necessary elements for the assignment?
Half the sections or more are missing
¼ or more of the sections are missing
90% of the sections are there
All the key elements are there
Information presented is co
ect
Factual e
ors on more than 50% of pages
Factual e
ors on 25% or more of pages
Factual e
ors rare but exist
No factual e
ors
Attribution of images
**Only some images attributed to a source could result in plagiarism issues**
All images attributed to a source
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid (how closely do you match a gr.8 reading level? https:
goodcalculators.com/flesch-kincaid-calculato
)
Necessary Elements (note: page = 8.5” x 5.5”):
· Coverpage
· Author attribution page / dedication page
· Location Information / description
· Why is this important to kids
· Activity ideas (at least 4 activities) for kids to be involved in plant science (safely)
· Showing plants that are part of this topic (at least 8 plants)
· Key terminology page
· Testing kids skills with terminology on a page
· Where do these plants live page
· Features of plants that identify them.
· Where do kids go from here?
· Backcove
· Attribution content used but generated originally by someone else
· A copy and paste of all text into an unformatted text document so it can be put through the calculator (see ru
ic)
Potential Topics
· A Local Park (e.g., Rouge Park, High Park, etc)
· A local ecosystem (e.g., Toronto Island, Humber River, Don Valley, etc)
· Medicinal plants (remember – aim it at a gr. 8 audience)
· Foraging for Food Plants Outside
· Plant agriculture (in Ontario, in u
an areas, Indigenous, hydroponics, agricultural systems in another country, plant ag in space, etc).
· Household plants
· Invasive species
· Aquatic plants
· Fi
e plants (clothes, pulp/paper, rope, etc)
· Carnivorous plants
· Plant reproduction (pollination, flowers, etc)
· Food from plants (chocolate, coffee, saffron, etc)
· Something else not on here should be passed by Dr. Campbell
NOTE:
For Draft 1: Students are expected to have 50% of the pages completed, with notes about what will be on the other pages. Students will be expected to hand in a physical copy at the midterm location (it will be considered late if it is handed in after noon on the day of the Midterm #2). The physical copy of Draft 1 can be printed in black and white. As mentioned above, the Draft 1 will be evaluated using the ru
ic above.