Hello everybody, since I already discussed grading thoroughly on the Beatlemania Blunder case, I’ll limit this Ppt. to just a few basics and refer you to grading rubric for cases if you want more.

As we’ve said previously, your grades for cases will be based on the six rhetorical principles, with special emphasis on accuracy because professional documents simply cannot afford misstatements of fact and figures and poor grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. That means you must read, write, and edit with extreme care as the price of being a pro. Another consideration is that you had the chance to have me look at a draft, and then too I went over a lot of the particulars with you. As with your all your cases, the inquiry was graded holistically, and on any given day your grade could be up or down by about a third or so.

Now it bears repeating that as I’ve stated before, improvement will weigh in the equation come final grade time. I look at the first two cases as establishing standards and the knowledge and skills to meet them are being learned. That’s why the later cases are weighted more heavily. And if you show significant improvement, you can earn a grade higher than your tally would have it, especially if your tally is on the border of one grade or another. We did have multiple A’s this time around. See the next slides for examples.

I should point out that these are not perfect cases, but that doesn’t mean they’re not excellent cases. They contain all of the vital content and all or most of the relevant supplemental content, and their presentations are easy on the eyes and the mind with minimal grammatical and mechanical error. At the same time, they don’t misrepresent the facts. In short, they’re professional quality. Do something of comparable quality, and I’ll be happy to lavish praise on your accomplishment.

GRADING Lakeview Inquiry

Example 1

Example 2