EVALUATING A READING SOURCE/ PRESENTATION

Instructions: Read each criteria for evaluating a source and rate each category according to the correct statement

Category:	4 Superior	3 Well done	2 Adequate	1 Needs improvement	0 Unsatisfactory
CLEAR	Explains completely w/ clear examples illustrations, good delivery		Explains partially completely w/ somewhat clear examples illustrations, average delivery		Doesn’t explain clearly or use clear examples, illustrations poor delivery average delivery
Captures main idea & Support points	Captures main idea of piece	Gives part of the main idea	Not clear about main idea	Main idea is only indirectly related to the article.	doesn't give main idea or gives wrong main idea
Accurate, precise evidence	Gives excellent support with verifiable facts, using very specific details related directly to the thesis stated	Gives good support with some verifiable facts, referring to how facts were checked	Gives enough supporting details with a some verifiable Facts, loosely connected to thesis	Gives little/ minimal support with a few facts and hardly any connection to thesis	Doesn’t give support with no verifiable facts
FAIR/ UNBIASED	Several ways of examining this issue is addressed, no personal bias		One side of the issue is examined	This issue isn’t addressed for other outlooks, no personal bias	This issue isn’t addressed for other outlooks. Personal bias expressed