Level 5 Module 1, Writing Assignment (80%)

Due: Tuesday (PART 1), Friday (PART 2), week 2.

Theme: Introductions

Assignment Overview

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students and success. Your teacher will give you the exact topic on Monday, week 2.

PREPARE (5 marks)

● Learn: In week 1, learn about Student Success Strategies.

● Brainstorm. On Friday in class, complete a brainstorm

● Outline: Hand write your outline for your essay on Monday, week 2 in class and hand in.

PART 1 WRITE (25 marks)

● In class on Tuesday, week 2, handwrite your assignment (250-300 words). Bring 8.5 x
11 lined paper, a pencil and an eraser.

● Include:

● a short, interesting title (3-4 words)

● a thesis statement
● 2 body paragraphs (5-8 sentences each) that demonstrate UNITY,
DEVELOPMENT and FLOW
● a concluding statement
● compound and complex sentences with at least 5 connectors (conjunctions and
transition words) underlined
● Simple Present only
Review:
● The Writing Rubric on p. 3 to see how you will be evaluated.
● Sentence by Sentence Structure and Strategies
● Writing Assignment Example
● Elements of Writing
● Connectors with compound and complex sentences (p. 1 and 2 only)

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 Level 5 Module 1, Writing Assignment (80%)
Due: Tuesday (PART 1), Friday (PART 2), week 2.
Theme: Introductions

PART 2 FIX and FORMAT (5 marks)

● On Friday, week 2 in class, review your errors and type your corrected essay in Google
Docs.

● Use the Error Correction Guide to help you understand your teacher’s symbols on your
1st draft.

● Follow the APA Formatting from the example including:

○ a title page with a page number in the header in the top right corner

○ indenting the first sentence of each paragraph (hit ‘tab’)

○ double spacing

○ setting margins to 1” (2.54 cm)

○ 11-point Arial or Calibri, or 12-point New Times Roman font

● Remember: Do not copy or paraphrase any phrases or sentences from the example
assignment or the Internet. Doing so will result in a grade of 0 for the assignment.

Share your Doc in Google Docs. Also, download it in Word and submit it to the M1 Writing
Assignment folder on eCentennial by Friday, week 2 at 4:10 p.m.

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 Level 5 Module 1, Writing Assignment (80%)
Due: Tuesday (PART 1), Friday (PART 2), week 2.
Theme: Introductions

In-Class Module 1 Writing Assignment Rubric

5 4 3 2 1
Outstanding; Exceeds Meets standards; Progressing Does not meet
contains most of standards; contains most of towards standards;
the following contains most of the following standards; contains most of
features: the following features: contains most of the following
features the following features:
features:

Content and The thesis The thesis The thesis The thesis The thesis
Task statement statement mostly statement may statement statement does
Achievement clearly restates restates the restate the essay restates the not restate the
the essay essay question question and essay question essay question
question and and includes 2 may include 2 and may not and does not
includes 2 controlling ideas. controlling ideas. include 2 include 2
controlling ideas. controlling ideas. controlling ideas.
Ideas in body Ideas in body
Ideas in body paragraphs paragraphs Ideas may not be Ideas in body
paragraphs mostly connect somewhat connected to the paragraphs do
clearly connect to to the essay connect to the topic and may not connect to
the essay topic topic and mostly essay topic and not demonstrate the essay topic
and demonstrate demonstrate somewhat depth of thought. and do not
depth of thought. depth of thought. demonstrate demonstrate
depth of thought. Includes some to depth of thought.
Each paragraph Paragraphs are little key
is 5-8 sentences 5-8 sentences Paragraphs are elements of Some or few
with a clear topic each and include 5-8 sentences paragraphs in elements of a
sentence, 2 fully- topic sentences, each and include one or both paragraph in one
developed 2 fully-developed some of the paragraphs. or both
supporting supporting necessary paragraphs.
details, and a details, and elements. Paragraphs may
concluding concluding Attempts to use not be 5-8 Paragraphs are
sentence. Both sentences. some flow with sentences. too long or too
paragraphs flow Attempts flow compound and Includes simple short.
by including with compound complex or few compound
compound and and complex sentences. or complex The concluding
complex sentences. sentences. statement does
sentences. The concluding not restate the
The concluding statement The concluding thesis in different
The concluding statement somewhat statement may words or forms.
statement mostly restates restates the not restate the
restates the the thesis in thesis in different thesis in different
thesis in different different words or words or forms. words or forms.
words or forms. forms.
Organization Well organized, Generally well Adequately Inadequately No organization,
coherent, logical, organized, organized, but organized, and unity or
and easy to coherent, and may lack unity or lacks unity and development.
follow with no logical, with development in development in Significant
repetition. minimal some sections. many sections. repetition of
repetition. May repeat Often repeats words or ideas.
Strongly Demonstrates words or ideas. words or ideas.
demonstrates unity, and Little connection

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 Level 5 Module 1, Writing Assignment (80%)
Due: Tuesday (PART 1), Friday (PART 2), week 2.
Theme: Introductions

unity, and development in Connections Requires much between ideas is

development in the paragraphs. among some effort from the apparent.
the paragraphs. ideas may be reader to make
Connectors unclear, or connections Inappropriate
Effective use of enhance the flow development of between ideas. use of
connectors that the writing, but supporting connectors.
enhances the there may be details may be Limited or
flow of the small errors in lacking, or inappropriate
writing. the use or irrelevant. use of
avoidance of connectors.
connectors.
Vocabulary Writing shows The vocabulary Vocabulary is Limited range Insufficient range
an expanded is appropriate for adequate for the of vocabulary. of vocabulary.
range of the writing task. writing task.
academic Errors in word Vocabulary
vocabulary. Occasional Errors in word choice, word errors dominate
errors may occur choice, word form (WF), or the writing.
in word choice, form (WF), or usage are
word form (WF), usage make frequent and
or usage, but some sections distracting.
they do not unclear or
distract the distracting.
reader.
Grammar Shows mastery Shows good Shows Shows Inadequate
of simple and control of consistent inconsistent language use.
complex compound and control of simple control over Writing is
structures and most complex sentence simple structures dominated by
tenses (VT), structures and structures and or tenses (VT), errors. The text
word order, tenses (VT), tenses (VT), word order, is insufficient for
articles and word order, word order, articles and evaluation.
prepositions, articles and articles and prepositions, and
resulting in good prepositions, prepositions, but serious difficulty
sentence resulting in good may show with or
variety and very sentence avoidance of or avoidance of
few errors. variety. difficulty with complex
complex structures and
Errors are few structures and tenses.
and may make tenses.
writing sound Many common
awkward, but Writing shows errors make the
they are not limited sentence writing
frequent enough variety and may incoherent and
to distract the contain errors confusing.
reader or make that distract the
meaning unclear. reader and/or
make some
sections unclear.
Mechanics Writing shows Writing shows Writing shows Writing shows Writing shows
mastery of all very good control generally good some limited control

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 Level 5 Module 1, Writing Assignment (80%)
Due: Tuesday (PART 1), Friday (PART 2), week 2.
Theme: Introductions

mechanics, and of all mechanics, control of inconsistencies of mechanics,

contains no and contains mechanics, and in mechanics, and sentence
sentence (CS, occasional may contain and contains (CS, RO,
RO, FRAG), sentence (CS, occasional many sentence FRAG), spelling,
spelling, RO, FRAG), sentence (CS, (CS, RO, punctuation, and
punctuation, or spelling, RO, FRAG), FRAG), capitalization
capitalization punctuation, and spelling, punctuation, errors are
errors. capitalization punctuation, and capitalization frequent and
errors that do not capitalization and spelling distracting.
distract the errors that may errors that are
reader. distract the distracting.
reader.
Brainstorm Brainstorm and Brainstorm and Brainstorm and Brainstorm may Brainstorm is not
and Outline Outline are Outline are outline may be not be completed.
(First Draft completed on completed on completed on completed. Outline lacks
only) time, and fully time, with time. Outline Outline has unity and
demonstrates good demonstrates little unity and development.
unity and demonstration some unity and development.
development. of unity and development.
development.
Fix and All of the Some of the Teacher’s Much of the Teacher’s
Format in APA teacher’s teacher’s feedback may be teacher’s feedback is not
(Final Writing feedback is feedback is incorporated. feedback is incorporated.
only). incorporated. incorporated. Writing shows [Link] Writing shows
Writing shows Writing shows some control of ing shows some limited control of
mastery of all very good control APA formatting inconsistencies APA
APA of most APA requirements. in or incorrect requirements.
requirements. requirements. APA
requirements.
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