Your practice assignments will be graded according to the following criteria.

Grade of "A"

• Thoroughly follows directions
• Thoroughly responds to all elements of the question/assignment
• Thoroughly accomplishes specific goals of assignment
• Paper is thoroughly organized, including paragraphing and use of white space.
• Thoroughly uses standard English and observes rules of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Grade of "B"

• Thoroughly follows directions, with minor exceptions not significantly affecting the response.
• Thoroughly responds to all elements of the question/assignment, with minor exceptions not significantly affecting the response.
• Thoroughly accomplishes specific goals of assignment, with minor exceptions not significantly affecting the response.
• Paper is thoroughly organized, including paragraphing and use of white space, with minor exceptions not significantly affecting the response.
• Thoroughly uses standard English and observes rules of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation, with minor exceptions not significantly affecting the response.

Grade of "C"

• Moderately follows directions, completing most of the question/assignment.
• Moderately responds to most elements of the question/assignment, somewhat affecting the quality of the response.
• Accomplishes some of specific goals of assignment
• Paper is somewhat organized, including paragraphing and use of white space.
• Some breaches of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation, not affecting the understanding of the writing.

Grade of "D"

• Minimally follows directions, completing little of the question/assignment.
• Minimally responds to some elements of the question/assignment, significantly affecting the quality of the response.
• Provides few or no specifics
• Paper is not organized, not using paragraphing and white space.
• Major breaches of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation, somewhat affecting the understanding of the writing.

Grade of "F"

• Fails to follows directions, completing very little or none of the question/assignment.
• Fails to responds to essential elements of the question/assignment.
• Provides no specifics
• Paper is not organized, not using paragraphing and white space.
• Major breaches of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation, significantly affecting the understanding of the writing.