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The ability to write clearly and correctly affects how you are viewed as a professional. This assessment will require students to apply the lessons they have learned about sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation. Your skills will be put into action in this corporate communication assignment.
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Written Communication Level A Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric
Purpose of this Assessment
The ability to write clearly and correctly affects how you are viewed as a professional. This assessment
will require students to apply the lessons they have learned about sentence structure, grammar, and
punctuation. Your skills will be put into action in this corporate communication assignment.
Items Required for Submission
1.
Write a problem explanation essay of 500 words
Step ONE: Preparation
Review all of your work and any tutorial faculty feedback in this competency. Your score will depend
upon your ability to write clear, correct prose. This includes all the lessons the competency has covered,
including, but not limited to: sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, word choice, verbs and
prepositions.
Step TWO: Draft your Message
Plan your essay knowing these two things:
1. Your immediate supervisor (real or imagined) will be your audience.
2. Persuading the reader that there is a problem is your purpose.
You can choose your topic.
Examples: Is there an issue with the organization’s position on working from home, health plans, or
parental leave? Is a terrible piece of software costing the company money it does not need to spend? Is a
policy outdated–could it be perceived as racist, sexist, or classist? Might a process not take into account
new staffing levels? Whatever you choose, convince your immediate supervisor that there’s a problem.
Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric
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Written Communication Level A Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric
(You do not need to solve the problem in this essay–only to explain what the problem is and persuade
your supervisor that it is a significant one).
Even if the Director of Human Resources or someone higher up will make the final decision about
addressing the problem, you will have to write to your immediate supervisor first. Consider this
reflection essay your first contact about the issue.
Step THREE: Write your Essay
Write your essay in 500 words.
Even if you are friendly with your supervisor, this is not the time to write informally. Think of this as
something a supervisor can share with their supervisor. Pay special attention to sentence structure,
grammar, punctuation, spelling, word choice, and all of the other lessons you have learned in this
competency. Proofread, proofread, proofread.
Step FOUR: Complete Checklist for Submission
Before you submit your work, check to see if you have met the criteria noted below.
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Have you addressed the concerns of your audience? (Cost, time, resistance to change)?
Have you written the essay in clear, concise prose?
Have you carefully proofread your work for all the things you have learned in this
competency–sentence structure, punctuation, grammar, word choice, verbs and prepositions,
etc.?
Step FIVE: Submit Your Work
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Your completed files should be submitted through the Final Assessment page of your competency.
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Please note, for files smaller than 10MB (e.g., most Word documents), use the corresponding
“+UPLOAD STUDENT FILE” button to upload your Final Assessment documents. For larger files of
any type (e.g., voice over PowerPoint files, video presentations), please use the optional TEXT
EDITOR to provide a URL where your tutorial faculty can download your file.
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How you create a download URL is up to you, but various free online providers, including Google
Drive and Dropbox, offer this service. Please make sure that the URL you provide can be accessed
by anyone with the link. For further instructions on how to create public links for uploaded files,
consult the support pages for your chosen provider.
List of Templates/Resources Needed
For resources on essay writing, visit the Online Writing Center.
Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric
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Written Communication Level A Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric
Scoring Rubric for Final Assessment
Criterion
Sentence
Structure
Punctuation
EMERGING
There are frequent
(three or more)
sentence
fragments, run-ons,
or other errors of
structure, some of
which may impair
meaning.
Punctuation is
missing or
haphazard (four or
more); errors
impair
meaning.*The
same error used
throughout the
assessment will
count as one error
Grammar
Grammar rules are
not consistently
applied. There may
be five or more
errors. Meaning is
impaired.
Word Choice
Incorrect words or
synonyms are
used,there are four
or more errors in
spelling, meaning
may be impaired.
Verbs and
Prepositions
Verb tenses are
inconsistent and
there are three or
more subject-verb
agreement errors;
Incorrect
prepositions are
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DEVELOPING
There may be no
more than two
sentence
fragments, run-ons,
or other errors of
structure, some of
which may impair
meaning.
Punctuation is not
consistent, regular
(two or three)
errors persist in
specific areas;
meaning may be
impaired.*The
same error used
throughout the
assessment will
count as one error
Grammar rules are
not consistently
applied. There may
be up to four
errors, but there is
a pattern of correct
use; meaning may
be impaired.
Incorrect words or
synonyms may be
used, there are two
or three consistent
errors in spelling;
meaning may be
impaired.
Verb tenses are
inconsistent and
there are two
subject-verb
agreement errors;
Incorrect
prepositions may
PROFICIENT
There may be a one
sentence fragment,
run-on, or other
errors of structure,
but it does not
impair meaning.
EXEMPLARY
There are no
sentence
fragments, run-ons,
or other errors of
structure.
Nearly all
punctuation marks
are correctly used;
few (one) if any
punctuation marks
are missing where
required. *The
same error used
throughout the
assessment will
count as one error
Nearly all grammar
rules are correctly
applied. There are
no more than two
errors, neither of
which impair
meaning.
All punctuation
marks are correctly
used; no
punctuation marks
are missing where
required.
Word choice is
accurate, there is
no more than one
error in word
choice or spelling.
The error does not
impair meaning.
Verb tenses are
consistent and
there are no more
than one
subject-verb
agreement error;
Prepositions are
Word choice is
sophisticated and
accurate, there are
no errors in word
choice or spelling,
Grammar rules are
applied in a
sophisticated way;
there are no errors.
Verb tenses are
consistent and
there are no
subject-verb
agreement errors;
Prepositions are
used correctly.
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Written Communication Level A Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric
used more than
once. Meaning may
be impaired.
Final Assessment: Outline and Rubric
be used at least
once. Meaning may
be impaired.
used correctly.
Meaning is not
impaired.
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