Contextualized to the Academic Track

English for Academic and Professional

Purposes

Critique Paper
You will write a critique paper on one of the journal articles that you listed in the first
unit performance task.

Standards

Performance Critique graphic design communication materials such as posters,

billboards, commercials, digital and other media.

Content Understand the principles and uses of a reaction paper/review/critique.

● Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving

Opportunity to ● Communication
Practice the Following ● Information Literacy
21st-Century Skills

Task Context
A critique paper is a form of academic writing that critically evaluates a work or text. It
uses formal academic language and consists of an introduction, body, and conclusion.
The body includes a summary of the work and your critical evaluation of the said work.

Go back to the annotated bibliography that you made at the end of Unit 1. Your task is
now to choose one of the journal articles that you have used for the annotated
bibliography and write a critique paper about it. Specifically, talk about its usefulness
to your research and if you would recommend it to other researchers in the future. Be
sure to support your claims in the critique paper with evidence from other similar
sources. You may use your other sources from the annotated bibliography for this.

Unit 7: The Critique Paper 1

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Due
Task Instructions Date
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1. Return to your annotated bibliography and choose one of the journal articles
listed.
2. Read and analyze the journal article again, this time to prepare yourself for
writing a critique paper to help other researchers.
3. Write your critique paper with proper citation and evidence on a short bond
paper or A4 size paper, double-spaced, Times New Roman font size 12.
4. Use at least four other sources, either new ones or from the same annotated
bibliography, to provide evidence for your claims.
5. Include a list of references at the end of the paper.
6. As an alternative, you may submit a copy of the essay on Google Drive or email.

Rubric for Grading

1 2 3 4 Weights Points

Content 30%

Content The critique barely The critique The critique is able The critique
discusses the touches on the to discuss the comprehensively
strengths and strengths and strengths and discusses the
weaknesses of the weaknesses of the weaknesses of the strengths and
article; there is article; evidence is article; accurate weaknesses of the
evidence to presented to evidence is article; relevant 15%
support claims, support claims. presented to and accurate
but they are support claims. evidence is
barely effective. presented to
support claims.

Effective The feedback in The critique The critique is able The critique is able
Critiquing the critique is attempts to give to provide to provide relevant
barely relevant to relevant feedback, somewhat relevant feedback that
the article, and but there are points feedback that genuinely aims to 10%
there is little to no where it feels attempts to help help other
attempt at being ingenuine. other researchers. researchers.
genuine.

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1 2 3 4 Weights Points

Content 30%

Bibliography The bibliography The bibliography The bibliography The bibliography

has one source has two sources has three sources has at least four
that is properly that are properly that are properly sources that are
used as evidence, used as evidence, used as evidence, properly used as 5%
cited, and cited, and cited, and evidence, cited,
formatted. formatted. formatted. and formatted.

Organization and Language 40%

Organization The paragraphs The paragraphs The paragraphs The paragraphs

and Unity are confusing and have acceptable have logical have logical
disorganized, and progression of progression of progression of
there are no clear details, but details, and have details, and have 10%
transitions transitions between appropriate clear transitions
between ideas. ideas are weak. transitions between between ideas.
ideas.

Language There are more There are 14 to 19 There are 8 to 13 There are 0 to 7
than 20 language language errors language errors language errors
errors found in found in the found in the found in the 10%
the persuasive persuasive essay. persuasive essay. persuasive essay.
essay.

Communication Thoughts and Thoughts and ideas Thoughts and ideas Thoughts and
ideas are not are inconsistent are articulated well ideas are clearly
articulated in the with the main in the persuasive articulated in the 10%
essay. issue(s) in the essay. persuasive essay.
essay.

Completeness Less than 25% of 50% of the 75% of the More than 75% of
the components components are components are the components 10%
are present. present. present. are present.

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1 2 3 4 Weights Points
21st Century Skills 30%

Critical The critique paper The critique paper The critique paper The critique paper
Thinking fails to identify identifies useful identifies relevant clearly identifies
relevant information for information for and summarizes
information for other researchers other researchers the relevant
other researchers but does not but does not information for
or misrepresents explain them in explain why/how other researchers
them, fails to detail, formulates a they are relevant, and explains
formulate vague point of view, discusses the why/how they are
perspectives and identifies data that strengths and relevant,
points of view, fails count as evidence weaknesses of formulates and
to identify credible but does not perspectives pinpoints 15%
evidence, and fails evaluate their presented, perspectives and
to provide credibility, and identifies and points of view,
implications and suggests evaluates all evaluates and
conclusions about implications and evidence provided, provides evidence
the journal article. conclusions about and identifies and and new data, and
the journal article. briefly discusses thoroughly
implications and discusses
conclusions about implications and
the journal article. conclusions about
the journal article.

Information The writer exerts Some information The writer The writer assesses
Literacy little to no effort in from the sources examines and and uses
evaluating the need further evaluates information
sources used. evaluation. information to be effectively and
used in the accurately from 15%
persuasive essay to various credible
evaluate the sources.
sources.

100%

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