IIT&L PRESS RELEASE ASSESSMENT

STUDENT NAME: Kuzmina Daria

DATE: April 2012

OVERALL GRADE: 50

Learning Outcome / 1
(Fail)
Less than 40% / 2
(Low Pass)
40 – 50% / 3
(Satisfactory)
50 – 60% / 4
(Good)
60 – 70% / 5
(Outstanding)
70%+
Identification of the relevant news angle / Irrelevant story angle that does not relate to the background material provided / Basic identification of the relevant news angle using the background material provided / Appropriate identification of the relevant news angle using the background materials provided / Imaginative identification of the relevant news angle using the background materials provided / Sophisticated identification of the relevant news angle using the background materials provided
Press release structure / Poor structure that does not take into account journalistic conventions / Basic structure showing a limited awareness of appropriate journalistic conventions / Appropriate structure showing a level of awareness of appropriate journalistic conventions / Good structure showing a high level of awareness of appropriate journalistic conventions / Excellent structure showing a professional level of awareness of appropriate journalistic conventions
Construction of introduction / Weak introduction that does not convey basic story essentials / Basic construction that conveys a limited range of the relevant story essentials / Appropriate construction that conveys a number of the relevant story essentials / Excellent construction that conveys an appropriate range of the relevant story essentials / Excellent construction that conveys the full range of relevant story essentials
Use of English / Poor use of English that is difficult to read / Limited use of English requiring improvement / Basic use of English requiring some improvement / Good use of English that conveys the sense of the story well and requires little improvement / Outstanding use of English that conveys the sense of the story perfectly and requires no improvement

COMMENTS: This is very short and you don’t seem to have fully grasped what is required in terms of the level of detail required. The basic structure of the press release is evident, but you need to work on your written English as, in places, it doesn’t quite make sense.