Introductory Memo Evaluation/Grade Coversheet
Author's Name:______________________________________________________________/100 Total Points Overall
___/45 pts. Total Informative purpose. Does the memo:
___/15 One, Five and Fifty-Year plans: Describe career goals in specific terms and why those goals are important to you?
___/15 Describe in specific terms how this class fits in with achieving those specific goals?
___/15 Describe your experiences, strengths and weaknesses as a writer and speaker? Describe specific communication goals for this semester and how you will go about working on them?
___/10 pts. Total Rhetorical Purpose. Does the document make clear attempts to build goodwill with the reader?
___/25 pts. Total Form. Are the following
correctly formatted? (See
Memo/Email Format
___/5 Heading (Date, To, From, Subject); initials by your name if on paper
___/5 12pt font, stapled pages
___/5 Use of appropriate headings (Paragraph #1has no heading; introduces topic).
___/5 Relatively short paragraphs; variety of paragraph lengths.
___/5 Second page heading formatted correctly
___/20 pts. Total Mechanics/Editing. Are there specific problems with punctuation, spelling, sentence structure or usage? Specific weak mechanical areas to work on: