Anthro 3Essay Rubric (WWS = Thewild Web Site You Are Evaluating in Your Essay.)

Anthro 3Essay Rubric (WWS = theWild Web Site you are evaluating in your essay.)

Not ready / 1st draft / Almost acceptable / Satisfactory / EXCELLENT!
CriticalThinking.org
(applied 2 – 3 universal standards of critical thinking) / 0 points
Chose wrong WWS
or
didn’t use CriticalThinking.org / 3 - 4 points
Chose right WWS
butapplied CriticalThinking.org with errors. / 5 - 6 points
Chose right WWS
andapplied CriticalThinking.orgcorrectly, but
withoutexamples. / 7 - 8 points
Chose right WWS
andappliedCriticalThinking.org
with examples, but attemptedmost or all. / 9 - 10 points
Chose right WWS
and
← Same butapplied 2 – 3 universal standards well.
“Busted” with Course
Textbook
(contrasted WWS content with textbook info) / 0 points
Myth not busted.
Didn’t use textbook to assess accuracy of WWS content. / 3 - 4 points
Myth not busted.
Used textbook but chose wrong section; used part of book
not related to WWS content. / 5 - 6 points
Myth not busted.
Chose right section of textbook but chose trivial error or something that is not an error in WWS. / 7 - 8 points
Myth busted.
Chose right section of textbook and importanterror in WWS,
butdid not
provideexamples. / 9 - 10 points
Myth busted well!
← Same but clearly explained that WWS has important error(s) and that the book is right,usingexample(s).
Source of WWS Content
(used “Incredible Anthropology” standards to evaluate reliability of WWS sources) / 0 points
Didn’tdiscuss where WWS got content;
or author, publisher, or domain of the site. / 3 - 4 points
Said where WWS got content
but
didn’tevaluate whether sources, author, publisher, domain are reliable. / 5 - 6 points
Evaluated whether WWS content is fromreliable sources without discussing issues.
Used “Incredible Anthro”a little. / 7 - 8 points
Evaluatedwhether WWS content is from reliable sources by discussing one issue such as peer review.
Used “Incredible Anthro” as a major resource. / 9 - 10 points
← Same but discussed two or more issues.
Citations
(cited sources thoroughly, using MLA Guide) / 0 points
No in-text citations or list of references. / 2 points
In-text citations or list of refs, but not both or no attempt to
use MLA Guide. / 3 points
In-text citations and list of refs, but incomplete or no attempt to
use MLA Guide. / 4 points
In-text citations and list of refs mostly complete and correct;
close to MLA Guide. / 5 points
In-text citations and list of refs complete and correct,
following MLA Guide.
Craftsmanship
(usedstandard English conventions) / 0 points
10+ mistakes.
Severe errors that make sentences hard to understand. / 2 points
10+ mistakes.
Serious errors and organization problems that distract the reader. / 3 points
6-7 mistakes.
Competent use of most conventions but occasionally unclear or hard to understand. / 4 points
4-5minor mistakes. Competent use of most conventions; minor mistakes don’t interfere with understanding. / 5 points*
0-3minor mistakes.
Clear and effective; strong control of organization and conventions.

*2-point BONUS! Very clear; exceptionally well organized; presented with style.