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Components

Unacceptable       

Revisions Required 

Target            

Introduction          

Establishes historical
background and defensible

thesis that supports a logical

line of reasoning (CACREP 

2F.2.d, 2F.2.g)

Underdeveloped

introduction; reason for
culture selection is

unclear or missing;

historical background is

inaccurate or missing (0

points)

Coherent introduction that includes a reason for culture selection;

historical background is

accurate but limited (5

points)

Engaging, well developed introduction

that includes a detailed
reason for culture

selection; historical

background is
accurate and thorough (10 points)

Focus & Purpose

Developed thesis and
attentive focus on topic

(CACREP  2F.2.d, 2F.2.g)

Missing thesis; confusion
about or

misunderstanding of topic; no sense of purpose (0 points)

Simplistic
and unfocused ideas; limited sense of purpose (10 points)

Developed thesis;
represents sound

understanding of the

assigned topic; focused

(20 points)

Ideas,
Support &

Development         

Supports ideas and reflections using specific

and relevant examples of evidence/experiences

(CACREP  2F.2.d, 2F.2.g)

No or limited
evidence/experiences

are provided to support
ideas and reflections;

evidence is incomplete,

incorrect, oversimplified,

or
disconnected from the context (0 points) 

Provides necessary
evidence/experiences to support ideas and reflections; the

importance/relevance of
all pieces of

evidence/experiences is
unclear or under

developed but does

support the
ideas and reflections presented and is placed properly

Relies on compelling and
detailed

evidence/experiences to support ideas and reflections; the

importance/relevance of
all pieces of

evidence/experiences is

clearly stated; considers
alternate interpretations

of
evidence/experiences to enhance 

Components

Unacceptable       

Revisions Required 

Target            

within the
context (10 points)

demonstration of cultural

intelligence
(20 points)

Conclusion          

Establishes clear
conclusion based upon

evidence/experiences

(CACREP  2F.2.d, 2F.2.g)

 Missing or no connection of evidence and
analysis to the reflections; fails to summarize the argument coherently (0
points)

Limited connection between evidence and analysis to reflections;

summarizes some ideas

and thoughts but repeats ideas to support reflections (5 points)

Engaging, strongly connects evidence and analysis to reflections;
summarizes the main

topics
without repeating previous ideas (10 points)

Structure
&

Organization         

Text has unity and coherence to accomplish the focused purpose

No paragraph structure;               or single, rambling
paragraph; or series of

isolated paragraphs (0

points)

Organization is confusing or disjointed; weak paragraph

structure; transitions
are missing or inappropriate

(5 points)

Clear organizational
structure; easily followed; includes transitions;

structured format (10

points)

Sentence
Structure

Demonstrates varied sentence structures to enhance meaning

Contains multiple and
serious errors of

sentence structure: i.e.

fragments, run-ons;

unable to
write simple sentences (0 points)

Formulaic sentence
patterns or overuse of

simple
sentences; errors

in sentence structure (5

points)

Effective and varied
sentences; errors (if

present) due to lack of

careful proofreading (10

points)

Mechanics           

The text has few grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.

             Frequent errors in agreement, verb tense, spelling, and

capitalization; intrusive and/or inaccurate punctuation;

communication
is hindered (0 points)

Contains several errors in agreement, verb tense, spelling,

capitalization, and

punctuation (up to 6); errors interfere with meaning (5 points)

Virtually free of errors in agreement, verb
tense, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation  (no

more than 3);
errors do not interfere with meaning (10 points)

Vocabulary
& Word

Usage               

Uses extended and appropriate vocabulary

Vocabulary is
unsophisticated; or subject specific

vocabulary or

sophisticated
vocabulary used incorrectly (0 points)

Proper, but
simple vocabulary used; subject specific vocabulary used infrequently (5
points)

Vocabulary is varied,
specific and appropriate; uses subject specific

vocabulary correctly (10

points)