Prewriting and Drafting Rubric ING-240

Name: Carolin Noemi Suárez Santos ______.

Meets Standard
8-10 pts
Audience and Purpose Clearly identifies audience
and purpose.
Prewriting Strategies: More than one strategy
 Freewriting selected and applied.
 Asking Questions
 Brainstorming List
 Idea Mapping
 Searching the Internet
General Topic Well defined.
Topic narrowed.
Body: Paragraph Subtopic Subtopic support general
 supporting detail topic.
Ideas support topic subtopic.
Body: Paragraph Subtopic Subtopic support general
 supporting detail topic.
Ideas support topic subtopic.
Body: Paragraph Subtopic Subtopic support general
 supporting detail topic.
Ideas support topic subtopic.
Partially Meets Standard
5-7 pts
Identifies either audience or
purpose.
Only one strategy was
selected and applied.
Needs more work.
Some attempt on narrowing
the topic was made.
Subtopic partially supports
general topic.
Ideas partially support
subtopic
Subtopic partially supports
general topic.
Ideas partially support
subtopic
Subtopic partially supports
general topic.
Ideas partially support
subtopic
Does Not Meet Standard
0-4 pts
Not identified.
No strategies were selected
nor applied.
Not selected.
Subtopic does not support
general topic.
Ideas do not support subtopic
Subtopic does not support
general topic.
Ideas do not support subtopic
Subtopic does not support
general topic.
Ideas do not support subtopic

Total points ___________________

Great Job! 8-10 pts

I think you truly show an understanding of the prewriting stage and your topic.
Definitely on Track! 5-7 pts
Your work still needs some revising, but it seems that you are going on the right direction.
Oops! See Me! 0-4 pts
You have done poorly on the Prewriting Stage, please schedule a conference with me so that I may assist you.
Name: Carolin Noemi Suárez Santos.
Essay Sentence Outline
Essay General Topic The way technology modifies the behavior of children before school age.
Thesis Statement Technology is part of our lives, its use and knowledge are increasingly essential, nowadays is easier
for children than adults to absorb the knowledge and manipulates it, they do it in an almost intrinsic way. But are we
aware of how technology modifies kids’ behavior? Is it necessary to let kids be exposed to technology before school age?

Body Paragraph #1
Topic sentence: Technology is an essential tool for people, it is used for many purposes.
Supporting ideas
a) Nowadays technology is used everywhere at school, at work, for entertaining, hospitals.
b) Its knowledge is essential for technological advances, medicine, medical care, education, and other areas
of daily life.
Body Paragraph #2
Topic sentence: In the technological era, people are getting deeply attached to technology in a dangerous way.
Supporting ideas
a) Nowadays, people see their electronical devises as their life, for example cellphones are not used just to
make phone call or send text messages, they use cellphone to take photos, make a financial transaction,
used social media, and so on.
b) People are so attached to electronic devices that they sleep with them, they eat with them more than with
the people around them, they go to the bathroom with them...
c) Children themselves are the most attached to these devices from very early on, children are now
provided with cell phones, tablets, computers, and that has made children know how to manipulate these
devices from a very young age, they do not need to ask how to use them. simply observing others once
or twice is enough for them to know how to do it.
Body Paragraph #3
Topic sentence: The outcome of kids’ exposure to electronic devices.
Supporting ideas
a) What is the main reason adults provide these devices to children from an early age? Is it healthy for
children to be exposed to it? Can it modify the children's behavior?
b) It has been said that providing kids the technology and the correct guidance to use it helps kids to
develop abilities that will ensure their future.
c) It is also said that kids cannot be exposure to screens until the age of 5.
Conclusion