STAF_RFP_Attachment_9l_Technical Exhibit USAICoE Writing Standards - Scoring Sheet.pdf
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This document contains a scoring template and style guide for writing assignments at the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence. The template provides a scale from 1 to 6 for evaluating analysis, purpose, voice, concision, accuracy, and course-specific criteria in student writings. The style guide lists grammar, punctuation, and citation guidelines for students to follow based on the Chicago Manual of Style. It includes sections on active and passive voice, conciseness, punctuation of quotations, and characteristics of an effective thesis.
The related federal contract opportunity is a solicitation for Staff Technical Assistance and Functional Support services. Key dates include March 5, 2020 for submission of any questions and March 12, 2020 for Phase I proposals. The solicitation number is W900KK-20-R-0004 and was posted by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Orlando Contracting Center. The document provides relevant details on the opportunity, including response deadlines and the involved federal agency.
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U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence Writing Standards – Scoring Template Name: _______________________
USAICoE Writing Standards – Assignment Scoring Sheet
Required U.S. Army Standards and Techniques 6 5 4 3 2 1
Advanced Proficient Competent Developing Inexperienced Inadequate
Analysis: Breaking down a situation, concept, or argument into its individual parts to examine how they relate to one another.
X
Purpose: The specific reason explaining why the document, correspondence, or report is necessary.
X
Voice: Creating active or passive sentence constructions. X
Concision: The ability to infuse the greatest amount of information into the least amount of words.
X
Accuracy: 1) Using flawless spelling, punctuation, grammar, and mechanics; 2) fairly representing credible sources using course requirements.
X
Course/Level Specific Criterion 1: TBD from BOLC Example, Background Content
Course/Level Specific Criterion 2: TBD from BOLC Example, Background Content
Total: 26 18 5 3
Average: 5.2
Instructor Comments:
1. I enjoyed your argument, especially your break down of political tensions in Kyrzikastan and how they impact the transfer of weapons and materiel to our allies in New Humbria. I made notes in paragraphs 2,4, and 7 where I thought the distinctions were made exceptionally clear from the evidence.
2. One technique that will help with the “Purpose” category is linking your report’s title to the main argument. Instead of stating, “Current Tensions in
Kyrzikastan” as your title, you could add some of the words from your thesis, like “Impact to New Humbria’s Stabilization” to give the reader a better sense of where you’re going.
3. Your main weakness with the paper is, as we discussed on your drafts, punctuation. I’ve highlighted the problem areas on the back of this page to show you where you can get some help, and I made some notes on page 1 to show you where the problems started piling up.
U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence Writing Standards – Scoring Template Name: _______________________
Grammar Reference and CMS Formatting Style Sheet
Grammar, Punctuation, Mechanics, and Usage – Below is a list of frequently occurring trouble spots in writing. For quick reference, the page numbers correspond to Hacker and Sommer’s A Writer’s Reference, 8th Ed., indicating where to find explanations and examples for each area.
Active verbs (175-78)
Active vs. Passive voice (175-78, 142-43) Agreement of subject and verb (197-205) Conciseness (172-75) Dangling modifiers (138-41) Fragments, sentence (235-40) Misplaced modifiers (135-37) Mixed constructions (126-28) Parallelism (129-32, 53) In sentences (129-32) In paragraphs (53) Pronoun-antecedent agreement (218-21) Pronoun reference, ambiguous (221-23) Run-on (fused) sentences (241, 242-45) Shifts in verb tense (142)
Apostrophe (304-07)
In contractions (305)
In possessives (304-05) Misuse of (306-07)
Capitalization (322-25) In quotations (324) In titles (568) Proper vs. common nouns (322-23)
Colon (302-03) Comma use (287-99)
In a series (288-89) Unnecessary (296-99) With transitional expressions (293)
Dashes (313-14, 154) Hyphen (320-21) Numbers (328-29) Punctuation at the end of quotations (309-11) Semicolon (300-02) Slang (180-82) Usage problems (159-72)
Documentation - Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)
Notes (Footnotes/Endnotes) (See A Writer’s Reference section CMS-4a-c, 548-66.)
o Include citations for all borrowed material—quotations, summaries, paraphrases, and ideas.
Limit your use of quotations (CMS-3a, 542-44) Use the correct format: footnotes or endnotes (CMS-2a, 539-42) Use a bibliography (CMS-4c, 549-67), modifying notes as appropriate (549) Put summaries and paraphrases in your own words (CMS-2c, 540-41) Enclose language in quotation marks (CMS-2c, 540-41) or in a block quotation (CMS-3a, 544) Integrate citations smoothly with ellipsis marks and brackets as needed (CMS-3a, 543-44) o Use signal phrases to introduce all borrowed material, especially quotations. (CMS-3b, 546) o Handle end punctuation correctly: e.g. “last words of quotation.”2 (CMS-2a, 539-40)
Bibliography (See Hacker section CMS-4c, along with model essay, 571-76) o Use a separate sheet with the proper title: Bibliography.
o Arrange entries alphabetically by authors’ last names.
o Include full bibliographic information (author’s name, titles, place of publication, publisher, date, pages).
Single space between and within entries.
Begin first line at left margin and indent each subsequent line 1/2"-inch.
Include website permalink for online data (without hyperlinks, underlines or blue font).
Characteristics of an Effective Thesis (9-12; see also thesis in CMS papers, 536-37)
Check for common problems:
Too Factual (11) Using questions (11)
Too Broad (12) Too Narrow (12)
Too Fuzzy or Unfocused (Vague) (12)
Manuscript Requirement (See model manuscript 571-76)
Title page/cover sheet
Include a title, class/course info
Margins--1 inch on all sides
Font size TNR 12 or equivalent
Spacing double
Single break between paragraphs.
Page numbers
No boldface print or underlining
Stapled
Use black ink, fully legible
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