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Meaning: Is the
main idea in the new sentence the same as the original
sentences?
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New sentence struggles
to convey main idea based on original sentences.
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New sentence conveys
some meaning as original sentence but struggles in terms
of being concise.
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New sentence conveys
main ideas of original sentences. New sentence is overall
very tight, but could use some cleaning (maximum 1-
2 errors)
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Sentence shows a complete
thought and meaning is conveyed. New sentence conveys
as much information as provided sentences in a more
concise manner.
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Clarity: Is the
sentence clear in meaning? After one reading, can it
be understood? Does it coincide with intended audience?
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Sentence is unclear.
It took several readings for sentence to be understood.
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Sentence is relatively
clear, but due to errors, it had to be read a few times
to understand the author's intended purpose.
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Sentence is clear and
understood. Sentence is written with minimal errors
(maximum 2-3 errors).
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Sentence is clear and
easy to understand. Sentence only needed one reading
to understand meaning. One error maximum.
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Coherence: Is the
new sentence logical? Does it fit together smoothly?
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New sentence is not
logical, nor smooth.
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New sentence seems
to lack in logic but is smooth. Or, New sentence is
logic, but author could work on smoothness.
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New sentence is logical
and smooth. But could be recombined in a more coherent
manner.
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Student's new sentence
is coherent, and logical.
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Conciseness: Does
the sentence clearly express an idea without being "wordy"?
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New sentence is wordy,
lacks conciseness. The wordiness hinders the sentence's
meaning.
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New sentence is a bit
wordy (with 2-3 errors) but meaning was understood with
a few readings.
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Meaning was understood
because of conciseness of the new sentence, yet student
could take out or add 1-2 new words to make an even
tighter sentence.
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New sentence is concise
and author uses appropriate language and word use. New
sentence is more efficient than given original sentences.
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Mechanics: Is the
sentence properly structured? Is there precise subject,
noun, verb agreement? Is the sentence demonstrating
what the purpose of the activity is (i.e. compound sentence
with the connector 'and')
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Student does not demonstrate
the directions given for the activity. Sentence does
not demonstrate thorough knowledge of concept listed.
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Student demonstrated
skill listed, but sentence was not correctly formatted.
(3-4 errors made) Thus, new sentence is not properly
structured.
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Student demonstrated
skill listed, sentence is properly structured with maximum
of 2 errors.
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Student demonstrated
skill listed. New sentence is properly structured (subject,
noun, verb agreement).
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