Ideas and Development

• The paragraphs are clear, focused and purposeful.
• The writer seems well-informed.  As appropriate, he/she draws information from a variety of resouces including text, books, web sites with authoritive informtion, and personal interviews.
• The writer continuously anticipates and responds to readers' informational needs, and may raise new, important questions.
• Supporting details (examples, facts anectotes, quotations) are accurate, relevant, helpful in clarifying the main idea(s).  The writer cites the source of his/her information.