Ø Type Your Answers, INCLUDE the QUESTIONS with YOUR ANSWERS
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ESS Honors Challenge Unit 2 Astronomy Challenge 1
Read chapters 1 and 2 of A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson and answer the discussion questions for each chapter. Requirements: Type your answers, INCLUDE THE QUESTIONS WITH YOUR ANSWERS 1 ½ SPACED please. 12 or 14 font.
CRITERIA 4 3 2 1 Writing demonstrates Writing demonstrates sophisticated application Writing demonstrates inconsistent application Writing demonstrates and analysis of logical application and and analysis of flawed application and information; coherent and analysis of information; information; flawed or analysis of information; CRITICAL THINKING cohesive synthesis of reasonable synthesis of limited synthesis of ideas; no synthesis of ideas; AND ANALYSIS ideas; thorough ideas; adequate insufficient presentation incomplete presentation presentation of position, Measure: presentation of position, of position, solution, or of position, solution, or solution, or solution, or perspective(s); perspective(s); and perspective(s); and perspective(s); and and valid conclusions. questionable or illogical conclusions. detailed, insightful elementary conclusions. conclusions.
Organization of writing is Writing is organized Writing is organized Writing is disorganized inconsistent using effectively using logically using adequate and lacking few if any minimal transitional transitional strategies, transitional strategies, transitional strategies. ORGANIZATION & strategies, uneven logical progression of coherent progression of Progression of ideas is IDEAS progression of ideas, may ideas, compelling ideas, adequate difficult to follow. Weak be missing weak Measure: introduction and introduction and introduction and introduction and conclusion for appropriate conclusion for appropriate conclusion for appropriate conclusion for appropriate audience. audience. audience. audience.
1 Writing provides Writing provides uneven thorough and convincing Writing provides adequate support/evidence for the Writing provides minimal ELABORATION OF support/evidence for the support/evidence for the writer’s claim that support/evidence for the EVIDENCE writer’s claim that writer’s claim that includes includes inconsistent use writer’s claim that Measure: includes the effective use the use of sources, facts, of sources, facts, and includes little or no use of of sources, facts, and and details. details;; evidence taken sources, facts, and details. details. out of context.
The writing clearly and The writing adequately The writing does not The writing lacks clarity effectively expresses LANGUAGE AND expresses ideas. express ideas clearly. and is confusing. ideas. Vocabulary is VOCABULARY Vocabulary is appropriate Vocabulary may at times Vocabulary is limited;; engaging and appropriate for the audience and be inappropriate for the may make little sense to Measure: for the audience and purpose. audience and purpose. audience and purpose. purpose.
The writing demonstrates The writing demonstrates The writing demonstrates The writing demonstrates adequate command of a partial command of a lack of command of CONVENTIONS command of mechanics mechanics despite some mechanics;; it has several mechanics;; it has Measure: and has few, if any, errors errors in usage and errors in usage and frequent errors which in usage and grammar. grammar. grammar. obscure meaning.
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