Thursday's class: Paragraph review

Today you are going to assess your group's success in writing a paragraph comparing details from two texts.

Use the following rubric to score your group:

1. There is a clear and specific topic sentence.
                                                                    (How many in your group have one?) _____

2. There are two carefully chosen quotations or paraphrases in the paragraph, one from each text.
                                                                    (How many in your group do this?)_____

3. Each quotation or paraphrase has a correct citation at the end of the sentence.
                                                                     (How many in your group do this?) _______

4. There is insightful analysis after EVERY quotation from the text(s).
                                                                       (How many in your group do this?) _______

5. The writer uses a transition to move from one writer to the next.
                                                                 (How many in your group have one?) ______

6. There is a concluding sentence which brings the paragraph to a close.
                                                                   (How many in your group have one?)_______

7. The writer has clearly proofread, so that there are very few grammatical errors.
                                                                   (How many in your group did this?) ______

What is your group's total score? _________

To earn extra credit today, help EVERYONE in your group earn a "YES" for each of the above questions, then turn your paragraphs into me with the checklist attached.