FergusonandTrustBlogAssignment

WritingFocus:Whydowetrustsomepeopleoverothers?

Tohelpyoutoorganizeyourthinking,usethisplansheetbeforeyouwrite:

List3FactorsthatInfluenceourleveloftrustinsomeone:

1. ________________________________________________________________

2.___________________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________________

TorelatethesefactorstotheeventsinFerguson,analyzehoweachofthosefactorsareeither
evidentormissing.

Factor(from
above)

M
issingor
E
vident
(MorE)

Whydoyouthinkitismissingorevidentintheeventsin
Ferguson?Explain.

NowgotomyBlogPageandbegintypingyourresponsethethewritingfocusquestion.Please
seetherubricbelow.YoumightwanttotypeitinWordorGoogleDrivefirstandthencopyand
pasteitintotheBlog.

4High
Performance

3Proficient

2Developing

1Lacking

Focus

Restatesthe
writingprompt
andisfocussed
onprompt
throughout

Restatesprompt
andmostly
staysfocussed
throughout.

Promptisnt
restatedand
focusisntclear
throughout

Lacksfocus
and/orisoff
topic

Organization

Postisclearly
organized(beg.
Middleandend)
andshows
planningof
thinkingbefore
writing.

Postisfairly
clearandhas
some
organization,
showsthat
partialthinking
tookplace
beforewriting.

Littlefocusor
planningwas
involvedinthe
post.Post
seemstobeall
overtheplace
andnotclear.

Lacksany
organization
and/orisoff
topic.

Support

Ideasare
welldeveloped
withspecific
examplesand
quotesfrom
textswehave
readand
discussedin
classandare
fullyconnected
tofactorsfound
ornotfoundin
Ferguson.

Ideasarepartly
developedwith
somegeneral
examplesfrom
thetextswe
readand
discussedin
classandare
partlyconnected
tofactorsfound
ornotfoundin
Ferguson.

Ideasarerarely
connectedto
factorsfoundor
notinFerguson
andareeither
vague(not
clear)or
unrelatedtothe
textsweread
anddiscussed
inclass.

Lacksany
connectionto
thefactors
foundornot
foundin
Fergusonand
lackstextual
supportand
explanation.

WritingStyle

Usesstandard
Englishandhas
demonstrated
proofreading
skillssoit
makessense.
Littletono
grammaticaland
spellingerrors
found.

Usesstandard
Englishand
demonstrates
some
proofreading
skillssoit
makessense.A
fewgrammatical
andspelling
errorsfound.

Rarelyuses
standard
Englishand
grammatical
errorsbeginto
makeitdifficult
forthereaderto
understandthe
writing.

Lacksany
standard
English
conventions.
Writingis
impossibleto
read.