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For each of the following items, work together in your groups to rate the author’s performance as weak, proficient, or strong. For each item, explain your answer by noting, for instance, how the thesis statement provides a roadmap and makes the topic meaningful, which style of introduction the author chooses, or how the author cites sources. Each group should create one Google Doc.
- Post has a strong thesis statement that makes a substantial claim about the topic, lays out a roadmap for the essay, and makes the topic meaningful for the blog’s audience
- Post is logically organized with a strong paragraph structure
- Post has a strong introduction that grabs the reader’s attention, introduces the topic, and transitions quickly to the main argument.
- Post successfully employs outside research to support the main claim
- Post successfully achieves a middle style tone appropriate for the blog’s audience
- Post achieves a strong, active voice by avoiding the over-use of “to be” verbs and prepositions
- Post cites sources appropriately
- Post is well-formatted and free of obvious errors in grammar, punctuation, etc.
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