REMEMBER IM ELECTRICAL ENGINEER STUDENT
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Now that you have heard in-depth information on each area of ECE, you will put your essay writing skills on paper to answer one of two prompts. This essay must be a minimum of 1000 words that follows MLA essay structure and style, and answer one of the two prompts below: (be sure to specify which prompt you chose in your essay title):
- Why are you interested in an ECE degree?
- What is an engineering problem that you would like to solve in the future, and how would you go about solving that problem?
Be sure to cite any sources that you used.
| Criteria | Level 4 8 points | Level 3 6 points | Level 2 4 points | Level 1 2 points | Criterion Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Focus/Main Point | The essay is focused, purposeful, and reflects clear insights and ideas. | The essay is focused on the topic and includes relevant ideas. | The essay is focused on topic and includes few loosely related ideas. | The essay poorly addresses topic and includes irrelevant ideas. | Score of Focus/Main Point, / 8 |
Support | The essay effectively organizes ideas to build a logical, coherent argument. | The essay organizes ideas to build an argument. | The essay has some organization of ideas to build an argument. | The essay has little or no organization on ideas to build an argument. | Score of Support, / 8 |
Organization & Format (paragraphs, transitions) | The essay effectively organizes ideas to build a logical, coherent argument. | The essay organizes ideas to build an argument. | The essay has some organization of ideas to build an argument. | The essay has little to no organization of ideas to build an argument. | Score of Organization & Format (paragraphs, transitions), / 8 |
Language Use, Style & Conventions (sentence structure, word choice, grammar, spelling, punctuation) | The essay has effective and creative use of elements of style to enhance meaning, uses correct grammar, spelling, paragrahing, and punctuation throughout with zero to very few errors. | The essay has appropriate use of elements of style, uses correct grammar, spelling, paragraphing and punctuation with few errors. | The essay has some use of elements of style, contains frequent errors in grammar, spelling, paragraphing and punctuation. | The essay has little to no use of elements of style, uses correct grammar, spelling, paragraphing and punctuation, makes reader's comprehension difficult. | Score of Language Use, Style & Conventions (sentence structure, word choice, grammar, spelling, punctuation), / 8 |
Originality (Expression of the theme in a creative way) | The essay uses distinctive experimentation with language and usage to enhance concepts. Applies higher order thinking and crative skills to relay complex ideas. | The essay uses sufficient experimentation with language and usage to enhance concepts, applies basic crative skills to relay ideas. | The essay uses very little experimentation with language and usage to enhance concepts, does not exhibit creativity. | The essay has no experimentation with language and usage to enhance concepts. | Score of Originality (Expression of the theme in a creative way), / 8 |
TotalScore of Essay Rubric,
/ 40Overall Score
Level 4
40 points minimum
Level 3
30 points minimum
Level 2
20 points minimum
Level 1
10 points minimum