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Evaluation Item: Letter of Introduction (Graded)
Overview Students are required to prepare a letter of introduction to demonstrate that they have learned the skills of cluster diagramming and informal letter writing.
Deliverables
Cluster Diagram (drawn by hand or using CLUSTER )
Letter of Introduction written using personal letter style. Length: 200 ‐ 350 words
Submission Guidelines:
Report must be submitted in both hard and soft (electronic) copy formats.
Hardcopy: to be given to the teacher during class.
Single A4 sheet of paper.
Front Side: Typed Final Draft
Back Side: Cluster Diagram.
Softcopy: to be sent by Email to ScientificEnglish@gmail.com
Final Draft should be typed, in body of Email.
Cluster Diagram: attachment, png or jpg format
See submitting assignments ppt for general details about electronic submission.
Subject line must include
university,course code,student ID,YES/NO(detailed marking?),name(English),Informal Letter(topic)
Evaluation (Total = 12 Points)
Item Details Points
CL: Cluster Diagram
full tree (~2) 6
numbering (~2)
Content Appropriate (~2)
MA: Macro- Format/Mechanics(~2) 4
Interesting & Clear Style (~2)
EN: Micro- (English)
spelling(~1) 2
grammar (~1)
Other LN: Length: -0.11 point for every word outside range! -1/word
LP: Late Penalty (per week or part of week) -1.5/wk
CF: Connectivity Factor (Cluster → Draft)
[0 1]
TOTAL = CF * ( (CD+MA+EN) - (LN+LA) ) 12
Topics (c.f. §4.3.5 for details)
Introduce a friend to another friend.
Welcome a foreigner to your university.
Introduce yourself and request help.