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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.

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

Paraphrasing and Referencing

No evidence of Little use of sources and/or overuse
referencing AND of quotations or paraphrasing
paraphrasing and/or uses source material
without acknowledgment.
Uses relevant sources but
substitutes them for the writer’s
own ideas. Quotations and
paraphrases may be too long
and/or inconsistently
referenced.
Uses sources to support, extend,
and inform the writer’s own
development of ideas.
Appropriately uses quotes but
may not always conform to
required style manual.
Uses sources to support, extend,
and inform, but not substitute for
writer’s own development of ideas.
Skillfully combines material from a
variety of sources. Always
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
0 1-2 3-5
Content (Body Paragraph)
Too little to assess. Evidence for the argument is not Evidence for the argument is
The response appears to stated, or there are obvious fallacies stated, but there are few
address a different essay that contradict the details and concrete and specific details or
question examples. The argument appears to examples to support the
be an unsupported rant. Argument adequately or
logically.
Student does not clearly explain
connections between evidence
and ideas; does not elaborate
beyond basic or obvious
conclusions, and/or analysis is
too general or brief to be
convincing.
Meets Expectations
6-8
Evidence for the argument is
stated and there are enough
details and examples to support
the argument adequately and
logically.
Student mostly explains
connections between ideas and
evidence, although explanation
may be incomplete, or may be
missing in some paragraphs.
Little discussion of facts and info.
Excellent
9-10
Evidence for the argument is
clearly stated, and there are
enough details to support the main
idea effectively and thoroughly.
Concrete and specific examples are
presented that effectively support
and strengthen the argument.
The student further explains the
connections between evidence and
main ideas thoughtfully and
thoroughly, makes connections
explicit, and discusses implications,
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