4 points |
3 points |
2 points |
1 point |
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Accuracy and completeness of content | The summary contains all of the key ideas in the original, including complete and accurate information about the source. | The summary may omit one of the key ideas in the original article or include a detail or example; the source information may be inaccurate or incomplete. |
The summary omits several key ideas from the original article or includes ideas that are not in the article; the source information is incomplete or missing. | This is not a summary of the article. |
Topic sentence, concluding sentence, and paragraph organization | The summary has a clear topic sentence and several sub-topic that explain key ideas from the original. The summary is organized. |
The summary is overly general or very short; the organization is unclear or inconsistent. | The topic sentence does not express the main idea of the original article; the summary lacks any organizational structure. | The summary has no topic sentence; the paragraph is disorganized, containing ideas in a random order. |
Complete/accurate paraphrase of source | All sentences paraphrase the original source completely. | There may be one or two "echoes" of the original source. | Many sentences contain incomplete paraphrases of the original. |
The summary contains sentences pasted from the original. |
Sentence precision | All sentences are clear, accurate and complete. | Most sentences are clear, accurate and complete. | Several sentences are incomplete or the meaning is garbled and unclear. The summary addresses the reader using the second person "you." |
Many sentences are incomplete, or the meaning is confused or unclear. |
Grammar, usage and mechanics [GUM] | The summary is free of errors. | The summary contains only one or two minor errors in GUM. | The summary contains several errors in GUM that distract the reader. |
The summary contains many errors in GUM. |
Last updated by Karen
Schwalm on
February 26, 2007
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