Precis Assignment Grading Sheet
Category |
Possible Points |
Actual Points | Comments |
Full bibliographic citation in MLA format of the article or book chapter. |
2 |
|
|
Printout of article (or link) handed in with précis |
3 |
|
|
Summary of article (first paragraph) This includes the overall argument that the author is making, the author’s thesis, the logical thread of the argument, the kinds of support provided, and so forth. It also includes the context for the argument.
|
10 |
|
|
Critique of article (second paragraph).
|
10 |
|
|
Quality of writing (style, grammar, punctuation, etc.) |
10 |
|
|
Total |
35 |
|
|
Extra credit for writing about an article or book chapter not available online |
2 |
|
|
Total points |