A TA explains that AFM 111 writing is marked "to the rubric". For a student, writing to a rubric means:

Answer

Putting each criterion's evidence where the marker looks for it

Options - A. Putting each criterion's evidence where the marker looks for it - B. Writing more, so that every criterion is covered somewhere on the page - C. Matching the TA's personal opinion of what good writing is - D. Quoting each rubric criterion back inside the body of the document Why - A. Correct — a criterion is a line the marker reads in one place; the evidence has to be there, in words you can point at. - B. More text hides evidence rather than supplying it. The ask buried in sentence four of a long paragraph is still a miss on "ask in sentence one". - C. The TA applies a list, not a taste. Guessing what a reader likes is exactly what the rubric replaces. - D. Writing "here is my recommendation, stated up front" is not a recommendation. The rubric wants the thing, not its label.

Smith 3.2 exercise (scored rubric); concept map A08