Content
Name of Student
who corrected your essay for content (10 pts) ____________________
Introduction
(First Paragraph)
- The introduction
has a topic sentence (purpose) that clearly explains what this essay
is about.
- The introduction
provides a brief outline or examples telling the reader what will be
found in the body of the essay. For example, you may see a sentence
that says, "the sense of smell tells you when your favorite dinner is
being made".
- The introduction
has a clear transition into the body of the essay.
Body
of the Essay
- The body of the
essay is broken into at least five paragraphs, each paragraph discussing
one of the senses.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of sight explains why sight is important.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of sight says that the eye is the organ that detects light.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of sight tells the reader that we only see visible light,
which is a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of sight explains that vision detects four things: motion,
depth, color, and shape.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of sight gives examples of good and bad eyesight, such
as the results from the eye chart.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of sight has a concluding sentence that leads into the
next paragraph.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of hearing explains why hearing is important.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of hearing says that the ear is the organ that detects
sound.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of hearing gives examples of good hearing and bad hearing.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of hearing explains how to detect hearing problems in the
middle ear using the Rinne Test.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of hearing gives explains how people who cannot hear can
still communicate.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of hearing has a concluding sentence that leads into the
next paragraph.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of smell explains why the sense of smell is important.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of smell says that the nose is the organ that detects smell.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of smell gives examples of different odors that can be
detected.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of smell compares a person with a strong sense of smell
to a person with a weak sense of smell.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of smell has a concluding sentence that leads into the
next paragraph.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of taste explains why the taste is important.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of taste says that the tongue is the organ that detects
taste.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of taste states that there are four basic taste: sweet,
sour, bitter, and salty.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of taste states that food can have more that one flavor.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of taste says that these four basic taste combine to make
up thousands or millions of different taste.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of taste explains that the nose is needed to help determine
the difference between different taste.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of taste says that some people have a sharper sense of
taste than others do.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of taste has a concluding sentence that leads into the
next paragraph.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of touch explains why the sense of touch is important.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of touch explains that we can determine the shape, smoothness
or roughness, weight, and size of an object by touch.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of touch states that the sense of touch can detect hot
or cold objects.
- The paragraph(s)
of the sense of touch has a concluding sentence that leads into the
next paragraph.
Conclusion
- The essay has
a clear conclusion.
- The conclusion
summaries the five senses.
- The conclusion
explains why our senses are important, and how they help us see the
world.
Spelling and
Grammar
Name of Student
corrected your essay for spelling (10 pts) ____________________
NOTE:
The same student can not correct your essay for both content and spelling.
Spelling
- The essay has
no or very few spelling errors.
- The essay has
some spelling errors (more than 5).
- The essay has
a lot of spelling errors (more than 10).
Grammar
- The essay has
good subject/verb agreement.
- The essay is only
in the past tense.
- The essay has
no fragmented sentences.
- The essay has
no run-on sentences.
- The essay does
not use the verb "to be" very often.
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