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The document provides instructions for a writing assignment requiring students to write a 275-350 word paragraph about a health-related experience that impacted them. Students must discuss the experience through three supporting points about how it impacted them. While personal experience forms the basis of the topic, supplementary research may also be included if sources are cited. The assignment will be evaluated on introduction/topic, body paragraph structure, conclusion, organization, language/style, and mechanics. It is worth 17.5% of the student's final grade.

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Writing Evaluation Assignment

The document provides instructions for a writing assignment requiring students to write a 275-350 word paragraph about a health-related experience that impacted them. Students must discuss the experience through three supporting points about how it impacted them. While personal experience forms the basis of the topic, supplementary research may also be included if sources are cited. The assignment will be evaluated on introduction/topic, body paragraph structure, conclusion, organization, language/style, and mechanics. It is worth 17.5% of the student's final grade.

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Writing Evaluation

Assignment
Topic:

For this assignment, your topic is to write about a health-related experience that has
impacted you. You might choose an experience that initiated or confirmed your decision to
pursue a career in the health field.  It may be something that changed your perspective or
impacted your character in some way.  Some ideas may include a health-related volunteer, co-
op, or job experience. Your topic could also relate to a direct or indirect experience with an
illness or injury. This will be a cause-and-effect paragraph, NOT a narrative (In other words,
do not merely describe the experience.) Also, be sure to write about only ONE experience. In
your paragraph, you must focus on HOW you were impacted by the experience. You will
need three supporting points, each providing one reason or way you were impacted.

This assignment is based on your personal experience, so supplementary research is neither


expected nor required; however, you may choose to support a point you are making with a
statistic or example. Please provide the sources (web page, journal, book, or otherwise) for
supplementary information in your paragraph.

Your paragraph should be a minimum of 275 words and a maximum of 350 words. This
assignment is worth 17.5% of your final mark.

Your assignment should be submitted to the Writing Evaluation Assignment folder in our DC
Connect course shell. The assignment is due during week 12. Please be sure to submit by
the specific due date posted in our DC Connect course shell. The late penalty is 10% per day
up to a maximum of 3 days late. (See evaluation rubric below)
Please be sure to carefully review the evaluation rubric. This will give you a clear sense of
how your assignment will be evaluated.

Communications 1715-Writing Evaluation Assignment


Rubric

Criteria Comments Marks


Introduction and Topic Sentence (4 marks)
The introductory sentences achieve the following:
 Identify a limited topic related to a health care experience with personal impact on the
writer
 There is a clear topic sentence which serves to identify the main points to be discussed
 Clearly state the writer’s opinion/perspective/point-of-view
 Create an interesting introduction to the paragraph

Body of the Paragraph (6 marks)


The body of the paragraph achieves the following criteria:
 Contains 3 distinct main points
 Each of the main points is introduced and clearly explained
 Each main point has sufficient evidence (i.e. examples, statistics, references etc.) as
support
Concluding Statement (2 marks)
The concluding sentence achieves the following:
 Restates the paragraph’s topic using wording that is sufficiently different from the topic
sentence
 Does not introduce new information or ideas
 Creates a sense that the paragraph is concluding
 Is one complete sentence
Organization (3 marks)
The paragraph is organized such that the following criteria are achieved:
 The main points of the paragraph are organized in a logical sequence.
 Transition words are used to connect ideas and to signal transitions between ideas.
 The explanation and supporting points are logically ordered and clearly connected.
Language and Style (5 marks)
The paragraph maintains the following criteria:
 The writer’s language is academic/professional
 Words are not confused
 No slang, clichés, wordiness, or informal expressions are used.
 The writer has attempted to vary the sentence types to create an interesting flow to the
work.
Mechanics (5 marks)
The paragraph achieves the following:
 All words are spelled correctly.
 Any capital letter, numbers or abbreviations are correctly used.
 The writer has attended to the use of correct grammar and syntax.
 Punctuation and grammatical mistakes do not hamper the intended meaning or the flow of
the writing.

Total - /25

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