Module Two Reading Response Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

In this assignment, you will continue to work with the text you chose for the project. Like the reading response you completed last week, this activity will guide you in analyzing key aspects of the text. This assignment will prepare you to explain the writer’s choices in relation to the genre of the text and explain the writer’s choices in relation to audience, purpose, and/or subject of the text. It will also prepare you to identify an audience for the second version of your paper, describe the needs of that audience, and describe the needs of the writing situation for the second version of your paper.

Directions

For this assignment, you will address prompts about the audience and writing situation in relation to genre, core idea, and purpose using the template linked in the What to Submit section.

Specifically, you must address the following regarding your chosen text:

  1. Identify a possible primary audience of the text.
    1. On the basis of the core idea and purpose of the text, who do you think could be the primary audience of the text?
    2. Remember that in this assignment, you are thinking about who the writer of your chosen text might have intended to address, not the audiences that you will address in your project.
  2. Identify other possible audiences for the text.
    1. What are other possible audiences for the text?
  3. Explain why both possible audiences (primary and other) are appropriate regarding the genre of the text.
    1. Why are the audiences appropriate considering the genre of the text?
  4. Explain why both possible audiences (primary and other) are appropriate regarding the writing situation of the text.
    1. Why are those audiences appropriate considering the writing situation of the text?
  5. Describe how the writer attracts and guides the audience.
    1. How does the writer capture the attention of the audience?
    2. How does the writer guide the audience in the text?

What to Submit

Submit your completed Module Two Reading Response Template for grading. Although you will refer to your selected text in your assignment, you will not refer to any sources from outside this course.

Supporting Materials

The following resources will support your work on this assignment:

Student Exemplar: Module Two Reading Response Exemplar
This is an example of a completed reading response template for this assignment. You may want to use this as a guide when addressing the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Module Two Reading Response Rubric

Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Possible Primary Audience Identifies a possible primary audience of the text Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying a possible primary audience based on the core idea and purpose of the text Does not attempt criterion 18
Other Possible Audiences Identifies other possible audiences for the text Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying a different audience from the one identified as the primary audience Does not attempt criterion 18
Appropriate Regarding Genre Explains why both possible audiences are appropriate regarding the genre of the text Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include making connections between each possible audience and the genre of the text Does not attempt criterion 18
Appropriate Regarding Writing Situation Explains why both possible audiences are appropriate regarding the writing situation of the text Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include making connections between each possible audience and the writing situation of the text Does not attempt criterion 18
Attracts and Guides the Audience Describes how the writer attracts and guides the audience Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing how the writer captures the attention of the audience or describing how the writer guides the audience in the text Does not attempt criterion 18
Clear Communication Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience Shows progress towards proficiency, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication 10
Total: 100%