Written Evaluation Criterion*

15%
Any evidence of any source or quotation not cited -0 for the essay.

General requirements:
• Your essay must be in a narrative form.
• Your essay must be between 500 – 600 words. References list are not counted as part of the
required words.
• The essay must be submitted in both softcopy and hardcopy and on the day of your
presentation.
• The softcopy must be attached to an email to me at naraj@bethlehem.edu . In your email to me
you have to consider that I’m your employer and I want to ready the essay that you where assigned
to you a part of your work. Therefore your email must be an official message.
• After my approval on your essay, you will upload your file to the Course Blog within two days
after receiving my approval.
• The name of the softcopy file must be : your section -your name and surname.doc
• Use Wikipedia to get basic knowledge and not for referencing in your essay.
• You can adopt the Harvard Citation Style http://libguides.library.uwa.edu.au/harvard for your
referencing and citation.
Criteria Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning
Introduction Relevance of topic A good attempt is May be unclear No reference to the
to business is made as to why the (contain many topic, or relevance
apparent. The topic is relevance vague terms), to business.
1% groundwork makes to business but appear unoriginal;
it easy to predict may be slightly provides little
because important unclear or lacking around which to
topics that will be originality. Reader structure the essay.
discussed later are can tell what
specifically would be the rest
mentioned. of the essay.
Content and Clear examples to Examples provided Examples provided The essay relies on
extent of support specific support most topic support some topic stringing together
topic sentences sentences and sentences; quotes or
independent and to support the support general Reader gains little paraphrasing;
writing and overall purpose; purpose; reader insight; The essay quotes that are not
thinking reader gains gains some insight; shows little of the integrated,
important insight; Occasional writer’s own input; properly. Failure to
7% analysis poses evidence of Instead depending support
original analysis original thoughts on quotes and independent
and thought of the in support to the paraphrasing that statements.
material; quoted quoted material. are poorly
material well Quotes well connected. /no
integrated; Clear integrated into evidence of
depth of coverage sentences. Topics original thinking.
without being adequately
redundant. addressed but not
in the detail
expected.
Conclusion The writer The conclusion There are some There is little or no
conclusions is provided shows conclusion but not indication that the
precise and to the some synthesizing supported by the writer tried to
1% point which is of the body of the body of the essay. synthesize the
based on essay. information or
constructive draw conclusions.
 synthesizing of the
body of the essay.
Citation Approved citation Approved citation There are several No citation or
Format format is used format is used with errors in the citation format of
accurately minor errors. Some approved citation the document is
According to and consistently in formatting Format. not recognizable as
Harvard the paper problems exist, or References or cited requested;
Citation Style and on the some components list were not cited References or cited
references section. are missing. in the body text. list were not cited
2% The references in References or cited in the body text.
the list match the list were cited in
in-text citations the body text and
and all were in general there are
properly encoded no more than one
in the approved or two citation
format. errors.

Commitment to Length: Number of Length: Number of Length: Number of Length: Number of

the general words words words words
specified in the specified in the specified in the specified in the
requirements essay are exactly essay are +/- 10 essay are +/- 50 essay are +/- 100
as required. words than words than words than
2% Submission as required. required. required.
required or before Submission as Submission not as Submission not as
due date. required and on the required and on the required and later
due date and there due date and the than due date;
is a minor mistakes email was not There was no
in the official official. content in the
email. email.

* Based on: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/assess/writtenreports.html