Department
of English
Washington State University
ENGLISH
101 PORTFOLIO RUBRIC

All English 101 classes are portfolio-based to develop and challenge
students' skills as a reflective
writer and researcher. Therefore, all portfolios will be graded holistically
based on the following common outcomes for English
101:
Critical Thinking, as
illustrated by students' ability to:
- Identify
a problem or question.
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Present a position or argument concerning a problem or question.
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Address other salient perspectives and positions in his or
her argument.
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Identify and consider the influence of varying cultural, social,
and historical contexts on the issue.
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Summarize and incorporate source material into an analysis
of a problem or question.
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Evaluate the effectiveness and value of source material, identify
key assumptions in the source material, and demonstrate how the material relates
to an argument.
Rhetorical
Awareness, as illustrated by students' ability
to:
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Establish an identifiable focus and purpose.
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Adapt and respond to the needs of different audiences, illustrating
an understanding of what genre, format, structure, and tone is rhetorically
appropriate for each audience.
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Adequately address the assignment and satisfy all the requirements
outlined in the prompt.
Processes
of Writing, as illustrated by students' ability
to:
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Use revision to develop an essay, as opposed to conceiving
of revisions as simply editing/proofreading.
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Reflect on their own writing process.
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Extend his or her thinking from one draft to the next, improving
the essays through successive revisions.
Knowledge
of Conventions, as illustrated by students' ability
to:
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Utilize common formats for different kinds of texts.
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Demonstrate an adequate knowledge of conventions of structure,
paragraphing, tone, and mechanics.
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Employ appropriate documentation and citation of sources.
Revised
8/2005