Essay Assessment Rubrics

 Essay's Assessment: 

Marks Rubric - Students will be evaluated on five assessment criteria with marks repre

A) Content

4 Mark:        Complete. The writer has clearly conveyed the main idea of the argument and has provided supporting details that are relevant and interesting.

 3 Marks:     Generally complete. The writer has conveyed the main idea of the argument, but has not given adequate relevant details to support it. 

 2 Marks:      Somewhat incomplete. The main idea of the argument is unclear. Much of the detail is irrelevant to the topic.

 1 Marks:      Incomplete. The main idea of the argument is unclear. Details are random and irrelevant to the topic.

B) Comprehensibility

4 Marks:       Very comprehensible. The student uses appropriate language to convey the main idea clearly.

3 Marks:        Comprehensible. The message in this writing is unclear in places. The language used is inadequate to make the message totally clear.

2 Marks:        Somewhat incomprehensible. The message could only be understood by a sympathetic native speaker. The language used is often inappropriate or distorted by interference from English.

1 Marks:          Incomprehensible.

C) Organisation and Presentation

4 Marks:       Well organized and presented in an appropriate format. The order is logical and effective, and sequencing words are used consistently and appropriately. The presentation helps communicate the main idea.

 3 Marks:      Generally well organized with a few minor problems. The writer uses adequate sequencing words with few mistakes.

 2 Marks:       Poorly organized. Order is illogical and confusing in places. Incorrect use of sequencing words and the presentation from the main idea.

 1 Marks:       Inappropriate presentation. The lack of organization distorts or completely obscures the main idea.

D) Accuracy

4 Marks:      Functions, grammar, and vocabulary are used correctly. Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation are generally correct. 0 - 5 errors.

3 Marks:     Any mistakes in usage are minor and do not distort or inhibit communication. Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation mistakes are infrequent. 6-8 errors.

2 Marks:     Problems in usage significantly distort meaning and inhibit communication in some instances. Frequent mistakes in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation disrupt the flow. 9 - 10 errors.

1 Marks:     Problems in usage distort meaning and completely inhibit communication. Mistakes in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation make the item incomprehensible.  10 errors.

E) Efforts

4 Marks:    Exceeds the minimum requirements of the assignment and provides evidence of thoughtful input.

3 Marks:    Fulfills the minimum requirements of the assignment and provides evidence of thoughtful input.

2 Marks:   Fulfills the minimum requirements of the assignment but does not show evidence of thoughtful input.

1 Marks    Does not fulfill the minimum requirements of the assignment.

Total Marks:    ____   out of 20

17-20 Excellent

13-16 Good

10-12 Satisfactory

 Less then 10 : Need rewrite the essay

Source: http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/examples/withers97/debatewrittenevaluationrubric.htm

Project Syndicate: What's Troubling India? 

The one of fastest growing economy is faltering on growth numbers. Economist are skeptical about the capability of leaders. Stalled reforms are dragging the growth of the economy with million unemployed and depressed world economy. Read more by click and try to follow some questions.

1) Define financial repression. [2] 
2) Explain the reasons of drop in investment and falling financial confidence in an Indian economy. [6] 3) Using the information in the article and your knowledge of econoics, discuss the role of government to lead the county for improving the life of million of people. [15]

Project Syndicate:

Commentary Reshaping China’s Government-Services Supply Chain.

Transforming command economies with out lossing government control on decision making is a big challenge for these economies. As market economies requires its own set of independent institutions to regulate the production activities. Read more for details by click, and try answer following answers.


1) Define command economies.[2] 
2) Explain how command economies are different from the market economies. [6] 
3) Analyse the problems of command economies in their transformation phase to market economies. [6] 
4) Use information in the article and your knowledge of economics, discuss up to what extent government can influence the economic growth in an economy. [15]

Oxfam: Land sold off in last decade could grow enough food to feed a billion people:

1) Define objective of world Bank. [2] 

2) Explain the reasons of FDI in developing countries by MNC's. [6] 

3) Analyse the importance of Foreign direct investment to citizens of developing countries. [8] 

4) Using information from the article  and your knowledge of economics, discuss impact of rising FDI in the standard of living in developing countries.[10]

The Guardian: How did the world get so fixated on GDP? 

1) Define GDP. [2] 

2) Define living standards. [2] 

3) Eplain the reasons of high economics growth in world developing economies. [8] 

4) Use your understanding from the ariticle and your knowledge of economics theory, discuss that GDP measurement is a true measure of standard of living of a country. [10] 

5) Evaluate up to what extent economists failed to measure economic development truly. [13]

CNBC: Money market Explained

Movies: Economic Development

BBC: Eurozone falls back into recession 

1) Define recession.[2] 
2) Explain the reasons of inflation in the Eurozone counties. 
3) Using your understanding from the text and theory of economics, explain what are solutions to recover from recession. [8] 
4) Discuss the role of government in recovering Eurozone from the recession. [12]

Debate: Wage Settlement by Government

Debate: 

For Increasing Equality- Government should set the wage of all workers.

 Time Duration for submitting the Article is 

Nov. 17 to Nov 23. 2012

Boys will write against the motion 

and 

Girl will write in favour of the motion.

God bless you.

Write you opinion here in 500 Words. [10 Marks]

BBC: China new leaders: challenges ahead 

1) Define economic reforms.[2] 
2) Explain the reasons that improved the of millions of chinese.[6] 
3) Analyse the problem of chinese ruler in the transforming economy into more freer one.[6] 
4) Comprehend and explain the indicator of growth in an economy in the given text. [8] 
5) Using information given in the news article and your knowledge of economics, evaluate the role of government in the Chinese economy. [5]

BBC: Japan economy contracts as global slowdown hits exports

1) Define recession. [2] 
2) Analyse major reasons for contraction in Japanese economy. [6] 
3) Using information given in the text and your knowledge of economics, discuss up to what extent government polices can be effective against the situation of contracting economy. [12] 
4) Examine how contraction can effect the world's economic growth.[15]

BBC: Apple and HTC settle patent disputes 

1) Define patents.[3] 
2) Explain what type of market in which both companies are producing. [4] 
3) Analyze the reasons of patent war among the leading phone making companies. [6] 
4) On the basis of information from the text and knowledge of economic theory, discuss the role of government in the patent war among leading companies. [15]

answer to question number 1-9Buss IGCSE

1. manage exchange rate system is a exchange rate system that is controlled by the government. in manage exchange rate system, government controls and manages the fluctuation of the currency. Government will not allow the currency to appreciate too high or depreciate too low, because it may be unbeneficial for both importers and exporters. example of country that has manage exchange rate system is Canada.

number two is coming, and i don't know why i cannot post comment...

Sandra

Guardian: Water companies pay little or no tax on huge profits. 

1) Define tax avoidance. [2] 

2) Explain the reasons why should water companies works as monopolies.[6] 

3) Using information given in the text and your knowledge of economics, discuss the role monopoly firms in the industry. [12]

BBC: Diageo buys majority stake in India's United Spirits. 

1) Define debt. [2] 
2) Define horizontal integration. [2] 
3) Explain the reasons of industrial integration. [6] 
4) Using information from the text and your knowledge of economics, evaluate how the industrial integrations effects the economy of country.[12]

BBC:China imposes tariffs on EU and Japanese steel:

1) Define anti dumping duties.[2] 

2) Explain the role of WTO in the world economy.[6] 

3) Analyse the role of tariffs as a measure to protect the home industries.[8] 

4) Using information fromt he text and your knowledge of economics, discuss how tariffs can effect the world trade order. [10]

BBC: Denmark to abolish tax on high-fat foods 

1) Define demerit goods.[3] 
2) Define Tax. [2] 
3) Explain the reasons for the withdrawal of taxes from the saturated fat products.[8] 
4) Do you agree with the govt. to impose tax on such products. Explain with the help of graphs. [5] 
5) Using your knowledge from text and economic theories, justify up to what extent taxes on demerit goods are in greater welfare of society.[10]

BBC:Citigroup's Vikram Pandit to receive $15m 

1) Define wage discrimination.[2] 

2) Explain the reasons for higher wages for some specific posts. [6] 

3) Discuss the consequences if govt. fixes the wages to remove the inequality in wages. [12]

Debate: Trade Unions should be banned.

Debate : last date 16 Nov for submission.

Boys will write in favour 

and 

Girl will write against the motion.

God bless you.

Write you opinion here in 500 Words. [10 Marks]

10 B New IGCSE Students.

Resources: 

1) Your text book.

2) Here in this blog click on tag trade union

3) Search on google

4) Some movies on youtube. You can find some selected one on my channel in youtube by click on link below

Link movies in trade union movement: 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmrEtdxHU5AhQNIDJcf0ZZuxi-QV_aqvJ&feature=mh_lolz

BBC: Iberia to cut 4,500 jobs under IAG restructuring plan. 

1) Define business restructuring. [3] 

2) Explain the reasons to cut the workforce by the airline. [6] 

3) Analyse the role of trade union in restructuring of the company. [8] 

4) How the restructuring will effect the airline industry, Explain using your knowledge of economics.[6]

5) Using the information given in the text and theory of economics, discuss the impact of restructuring plan on the faltering economic growth in Europe.[8]

BBC: UK to end financial aid to India by 2015. 

1) Define transfer payments.[2] 
2) Are the Evidences given in the text is sufficient to support the stoppage of aid to India. Explain. [8] 
3) "Aid is the past and trade is the future." said Indian foreign minster. Explain.[6] 
4) Discuss the role of aid in the in the development of the country.[12]

Guardian: Carbon tax could boost economy and combat fuel poverty, analysis shows: 

1) Define carbon tax. [3] 
2) Analyse the reasons stated in the favour of Carbon tax. [9] 
3) On the basis of you knowledge of economics, Discuss how this carbon tax will effect the life of a common man in Europe.[15]

CNN: Pass law to expose unfair pay.

1) Define wage rate. [2] 
2) Discuss on the basis of your knowledge of theory of economics that government can successfully reduce the practice of wage discrimination. [10]

ChicagoTimes: Women doctors make less than men: study. 

1) Describe wage discrimination.[3] 

2) Analyse the reasons for the wage discrimination at work place.. [6] 

3) Discuss the role of government to stop wage discrimination in and economy. [10]

BBC: EU to investigate Chinese solar panel subsidies. 

1) Define anti dumping. [3] 

2) Explain the possible steps that government can take to protect the home producers. [8] 

3) Using your knowledge of economics, discuss the consequences of subsidies to the industries for promoting exports. [12]

BBC QA: The US fiscal cliff. 

Evaluate the what will happen if automatic stabilizer to the fiscal policy comes into force.[25]

BBC: Argentina 'freezes Chevron assets' over Ecuador damage. 

1) Define market failure. [3] 

2) Explain the possible reasons of market failure in an economy. [6]. 

3) Critically analyse the role of government in case of market failures.[10]

BBC Q&A: The US fiscal cliff

Evaluate the consequences if fiscal cliff become activate in US. [15]

BBC_ Future: Radical planes take shape. 

Using your knowledge of economics,  discuss the objective of investment in these new planes. [25]

The Guardian: Eurozone crisis: three years of pain. 

why does market fails? [5]

BBC: Economic recovery may bypass low and middle earners.

 Do you agree with the writer that inequality will increase on recovery. Discuss the possibilities. [15]

BBC: Panasonic may cut 53 jobs in Newport closure plan. 

Discuss the role of liberal employment policies. Do you agree with such policies. [12]

BBC: Greece recession and debt problems even worse. 

Greece is in deep recession for last five years. 
Discuss the role of trade union to call for general strike in a country. [15]

BBC: Anti-austerity backlash hits Portugal in euro crisis. 

Strikes are the right of trade union to show the disapproval with the policy. What do you think strike should be allowed? Discuss [10]

BBC: Youth unemployment: The big question and South Africa 

Explain the reasons for high unemployment in some countries. [6]

London Midland driver shortage hits 37 trains

Why the train services effected in London? who is responsible. Who is to blame? [10]

Scottish doctors balloted for pension strike action

Doctors should allow to go on strike. Discuss. [10]

Share incentive schemes boost top executives' earnings

Why occupational wage difference arises?[7]

Standard & Poor's misled investors, Australian court says

Why govt interference is important in an economy? [8] click here.

Greece Debt Crisis Spurs Surge In Bicycle Use Over Cars

The Greek crisis and its implications. click for article

Importance of stock exchanges

What you think of stock exchange?

Project Preparation

Start Date Nov. 1 2012 ,  Submission 30 Nov.

Topic:
1) Commercial Bank         Jonathan, Charles    
2) Central Bank                 Jesica, Christy
3) Financial Institutions     Bella, Angraini
4) World Bank                   Maria bella, Evelyn
5) IMF                               Richards, Leonardo


Marks allocation 100 marks

Rubric Requirement:
Acknowledgement 5 MM
Content 25 MM
Diagrams 10 Marks
Statistical Data 5 Marks
References 5 Marks
Presentation 5- 10 Minutes    50 Marks