1009W MLC Prerequisite Expository Essay NAME: ASSIGNMENT TITLE: MLC Prerequisite Expository Essay DATE: FACILITATOR: RATING: RANGE: UNSATISFACTORY NEEDS IMPROVEMENT 0-39.9 SATISFACTORY SUPERIOR 70-89.9 90-100 40-69.9 EARNED: COGNITIVE LEVEL ATTAINED: Higher levels include characteristics of lower levels ANALYZING: Breaking material into constituent parts, determining how the parts relate to each other and to an overall structure or purpose through differentiating, organizing, and attributing. APPLYING: Carrying out or using a procedure through executing or implementing. UNDERSTANDING: Constructing meaning from oral, written, and graphic messages through interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, and explaining. REMEMBERING: Retrieving, recognizing, and recalling relevant knowledge from long-term memory. WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Prerequisite Expository Essay Requirements for this assignment are located in paragraph three of the welcome letter. Facilitator Comments: Facilitator Signature: Learner Comments: Learner Signature: Learner: Instructions: Prerequisite Expository Essay Learners will prepare an original PEE on the contemporary Army issue facing the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Prevention (SHARP) program within their organizations. In your essay, explain two recommendations that might improve the effectiveness of your unit’s SHARP program. In doing so, use your personal experience and at least three references to support your proposals. This paper must set forth an argument concerning your own experience in this category. You will write in a clear and concise manner while using correct grammar, sentence structure, and word usage. You must provide a coherent transition from one topic to the next using the provided rubric as a general guideline. Your essay must be in Times New Roman, 12pt font, double-spaced, APA 6th edition format without an abstract, tables, charts, etc. The essay must be a minimum of three pages and no longer than five pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. General (Topics) Unsatisfactory 0-3.9 pts Needs Improvement 4-6.9 pts Satisfactory 7-8.9 pts Superior 9-10 pts The text has an unclear topic The text focuses on a topic The text focuses on a topic with very few ideas, that informs the reader on that informs the reader on ideas, concepts, information, Topic Introduction: concepts, information, etc.; ideas, concepts, and no thesis statement. information, etc.; little to etc.; thesis statement is 20% no thesis statement. present but vague. The text clearly focuses on a topic that informs the reader on ideas, concepts, information, etc.; provides a strong thesis statement. The text provides facts, definitions, details, quotations, and examples that attempt to develop and Topic Development: explain the topic. The 40% conclusion merely restates the development. The text provides relevant The text provides effective facts, definitions, concrete facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, and details, quotations, and examples that develop and examples that sufficiently explain the topic. The develop and explain the conclusion ties to and topic. The conclusion supports the information provides the implications, and explanation. significance of, and future relevance of the topic. The text provides significant facts, definitions, concrete details, and quotations that fully develop and explain the topic. The conclusion provides insight to the implications, explains the significance of the topic, and projects to the future. The text uses words, phrases, and clauses to link the major sections of the text. The text connects the topic, examples, and/or facts. The text strategically uses words, phrases, and clauses to link the major sections of text. The text thoroughly explains the relationships between the topic, examples, and/or facts. Sequencing and Transitions: 10% The text contains limited words, phrases, and clauses to link the major sections of the text. The text attempts to connect the topic and the examples and/or facts. The text illustrates a limited The text presents a formal awareness of formal tone objective tone and uses and awareness of topicprecise language and specific vocabulary. topic- specific vocabulary Language and Writing is choppy, to manage the complexity Readability: 10% awkward, and unclear of the topic.