Writing about Plot: Composition Evaluation Form
I will evaluate your essays using the following
criteria. Please study the requirements before
turning in your final draft. Please have another
person--me or one of your classmates--evaluate your
first draft. Thanks.
Grading
Scale
10 points=all requirement met
0
points=requirement not completely
met
first/ final evaluation
_____ _____1. The essay contains at least four
terms from our study of plot. Choose from the
following plot terms: exposition, narrative hook,
rising action, climax, falling action, resolution,
internal conflict, external conflict.
_____ _____2. The essay contains a clearly-stated
thesis in the 1st power paragraph.
_____ _____3. Each 2nd power paragraph contains a
topic sentence which relates directly to the thesis
statement.
_____ _____4. Each 2nd power paragraph contains one
or more specific examples from the literature
sufficient to support the topic sentence.
_____ _____5. The essay contains appropriate
transition words. Transitions should appear before
each topic sentence at least.
_____ _____6. The essay contains strong, active
verbs; no more than two "be" verbs appear.
_____ _____7. The essay contains sentence patterns
29 and 30. Please write the pattern number by its
corresponding sentence.
_____ _____8. The essay contains 3 additional
sentence patterns. You may choose from your sentence
pattern checklist or from your sentence pattern
notes. Please write the pattern number by its
corresponding sentence.
_____ _____9 and 10. The paragraph exhibits
conventions of good writing form: use ink, employ
one-inch margins all around, control neatness,
indent, write complete sentences, use proper grammar,
spell correctly, punctuate properly, and start no
sentence with the word there.
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