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Needs serious attention Needs Improvement Approaches Expectations Meets Expectations Excellent
0 1-2 3 4 5
Organisation
Too little to assess. The Information and ideas are poorly Information and ideas are Information and ideas are Information and ideas are
response appears to organised (the author jumps presented in an order that the presented in a logical sequence presented in a logical sequence
address a different essay around). The audience has difficulty audience can follow with which is followed by the reader that flows naturally and is engaging
question following the thread of thought. minimum difficulty. with little or no difficulty. to the audience.

Vocabulary
Too little to assess. The Contains predominantly general, Features noticeably general Shows accurate control of Uses a variety of specific and
response appears to repetitive, and sometimes words, repetitions, and appropriate words, but not as accurate words as appropriate for
address a different essay inaccurate or informal words (too occasional inaccurate or varied or specific as possible. the topic.
question colloquial). informal usage.

Language Usage
Too little to assess. Reliance is on the most basic Few variations in sentence Purposeful and consistent use of Purposeful and consistent use of a
The response appears to sentence types with very little types, openers, noun modifiers, typical sentence types with some wide variety of sentence types,
address a different essay variation of openers, noun and adverbial elements. variety of sentence openers, opening elements, noun modifiers,
question modifiers, and adverbial elements. noun modifiers, and adverbial and adverbial elements.
elements.
Mechanics
Too little to assess. There are five or more misspellings There are no more than four There are no more than three There are no more than two
The response appears to and/or grammatical errors per page misspellings and/or grammatical misspellings, punctuation, or misspelled words. There are no
address a different essay or eight or more in the entire errors per page or six or more in capitalisation errors in the intro. more than two punctuation issues.
question document. The readability of the the entire document. Errors The readability of the work is There are no more than two
work is hampered by errors. distract from the work. minimally interrupted by errors. capitalisation issues.

Paraphrasing and Referencing

No evidence of Little use of sources and/or overuse Uses relevant sources but Uses sources to support, extend, Uses sources to support, extend,
referencing AND of quotations or paraphrasing substitutes them for the writer’s and inform the writer’s own and inform, but not substitute for
paraphrasing and/or uses source material own ideas. Quotations and development of ideas. writer’s own development of ideas.
without acknowledgment. paraphrases may be too long Appropriately uses quotes but Skillfully combines material from a
and/or inconsistently may not always conform to variety of sources. Always
referenced. required style manual. conforms to style manual.

Implementation of Feedback
The current intro The student has attempted to The student has effectively The student has effectively The student has effectively
paragraph is the same as implement some of the feedback implemented some of the implemented most of the implemented all the feedback from
the first submission. No from comments made by their feedback from comments made feedback from comments made comments made by their
changes were made as Facilitator on the introductory by their Facilitator on the by their Facilitator on the Facilitator on the introductory
per the facilitator's paragraph previously submitted. introductory paragraph introductory paragraph paragraph previously submitted.
feedback. previously submitted. previously submitted.
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Needs serious attention Needs Improvement Approaches Expectations Meets Expectations Excellent
0 1-2 3-5 6-8 9-10
Content (Body Paragraph)
Too little to assess. Evidence for the argument is not Evidence for the argument is Evidence for the argument is Evidence for the argument is
The response appears to stated, or there are obvious fallacies stated, but there are few stated and there are enough clearly stated, and there are
address a different essay that contradict the details and concrete and specific details or details and examples to support enough details to support the main
question examples. The argument appears to examples to support the the argument adequately and idea effectively and thoroughly.
be an unsupported rant. Argument adequately or logically. Concrete and specific examples are
logically. presented that effectively support
and strengthen the argument.
Student does not clearly explain Student mostly explains
connections between evidence connections between ideas and The student further explains the
and ideas; does not elaborate evidence, although explanation connections between evidence and
beyond basic or obvious may be incomplete, or may be main ideas thoughtfully and
conclusions, and/or analysis is missing in some paragraphs. thoroughly, makes connections
too general or brief to be Little discussion of facts and info. explicit, and discusses implications,
convincing. relevance, or significance.

Important Guidelines

1. Incorrect submissions (Wrong Documents, Blank documents) will attract a mark of Zero.
2. Email submissions are strictly not allowed.
3. Wrong topic: If a student answers a topic outside of what was provided, they will get a mark of Zero.
4. Off Topic: This will affect CONTENT marks.
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Topic Choice Topic 1: Assess the effects of incorporating technology, like computers and

Write your revised Introductory paragraph in the box below. The revised intro should be as per
the feedback you received from your Facilitator in your last submission. 150 - 200 words.

Incorporating technology refers to significant use of technology to achieve learning

goals and involves making knowledge more efficient for all students (Voogt, 2018:
119). Additionally involves ideas from different sources to create outstanding
environment possible for all students. The use of computers and tablets in classrooms
increase effective student learning and leads to declining of writing skills. According to
Galle (2018) technology in classrooms forms interactive learning whereas Borysuk
(2013:110) states that it can hinder to basic skills.

Write your body paragraphs in the box below. 300 - 350 words.

Increase student effective learning. The ICT promotes learner engagement as they
choose what to learn at their own pace and work on real life problems. Firstly, it helps
students pick topic about real life problems based on their own learning level which
makes learning enjoyable. It also helps them to inspect and evaluate to store the
information in digital environment and to investigate when necessary. Lastly, it attracts
learners attention and provides easy and useful informative content for learners.
Summing up, students in centred classrooms are capable of meeting in same
environment, comment on events and acknowledge various alternatives to problem
solutions (Jabber, 1997).

It leads to declining of writing skills. The overuse of online chats and shortcut has
critically reduced student writing skills and impact negatively on the ability to put their
thoughts on paper (Rajar & Ngasubramani,2018). That results in them using slangs or
incorrect spellings and find it difficult to complete their academic writings. Lack of free
writing opportunities affect learners creativity hence the results destructive for learners
improving skills to their academic writing (Alfaki, 2015). Moreover, they have troubles
in pronouncing words and have hard time in learning and mastering the art of
handwriting. Student experience writing problems regarding the correct use of
grammatical rules because of the irrelevant knowledge of grammatical rules, they tend
to make grammatical mistakes on tests or exams thus results in hindrance in their
effective writing and getting good greats (Noviriana, Sumardi & Tarjana, 2018). In
brief, the restrictions had to be enforced on the use of technology.
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Write your end-of-text references in the box below.

Borysuik, A.2013. Benefits and advantages of the use of information technologies in education. Edukacja-technika- informatyka, 4 (2):110-114

Gaille, B. 2018. Advantages and disadvantages of technology education.

Jaber, W. E. 1997. A survey of factors which influence teachers use of computer-based technology (doctorial desertion. Virginia polytechnic institute and state university.

Novariana, h., Surmardi, S, & Trjana, S. 2018. Senior high school student problem in writing. A preliminary study of implementing writing E journal as self-assessment to promote students writing skill. Paper presented at the English language and literature
international conference (EELLIC) Proceedings.

Raja, R., & Nagasubramani, P. C. 2018. Impact of modern technology in education. Journal of applied and advanced research, 3(1):33-35