Objective:
To write a 3-page paper that highlights your knowledge of Rebecca’s language achievements in terms of her morphosyntactic and semantic development.
Procedure:
Start your paper with a general introduction, which states the overarching goal of the paper (i.e., to illustrate your knowledge of language development and the language transcription and analysis process). Next, describe briefly the assessment procedures you used (the semantic and morphosyntactic analyses). Here, you might want to consider defining semantic and morphosyntactic skills. You want to be sure to include your interpretation of Rebecca’s skills as you conclude with a general summary of her skills in both areas of language.
Sample Outline:
part I: Intro
part II: Semantic Development- what is it? how did I analyze it? what were my results? how does Rebecca compare to other children the same age?
part III: Morpho-Syntactic Development- what is it? how did I analyze it? what were my results? how does Rebecca compare to other children the same age?
part IV: Summary
*APA format, Times New Roman,12 point font, double-spaced, 1-inch margins.
ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC:
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CATEGORY |
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1 |
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Organization |
Information is very well organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings |
Information is organized with well constructed paragraphs |
Information is somewhat organized; paragraphs laced appropriate construction |
Information is disorganized; inaccurate paragraphs |
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Paragraph Construction |
All paragraphs include main idea, and details are well supported |
Most paragraphs include main ideas and supporting details |
Few paragraphs include main ideas; support is lacking |
Paragraphs do not have main ideas; support; or refer to paper thesis |
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Mechanics |
No grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors |
A few grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors |
Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors |
Poorly written as speaking voice, instead of essay voice |
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Quality of Information |
Information clearly relates to the main topic and includes several supporting details and /or examples |
Information clearly relates to the main topic and includes little supporting details and/or examples |
Information relates to the main topic, though no details and/or examples were included |
Information was unrelated to the main topic |
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Terminology |
Use of many terms that appropriately reflect understanding of content area |
Use of several terms that appropriately reflect understanding of content area |
Use of a few terms that appropriately reflect understanding of content area |
No use of appropriate terms that reflect understanding of content area |