Mediating Essay Checklist
- Have you described clearly the positions adopted by authors in your Aims chapter?
- Does your essay show that you understand the positions?
- Have you written from an unbiased position as mediator?
- Have you moved "beyond the stated positions and the facts of the dispute to expose the underlying interests, values, and beliefs of those in opposition"?
- Have you shown what interests the authors have in common?
- Have you increased each side’s understanding of the other?
- Have you explained your solution to the dispute, especially how your position is based on interests and values that will be acceptable to both sides?
- Have you used logic and other appeals effectively?
- Does your essay include evidence from the Aims essays?
- Does your essay include evidence from other sources?
- Have you documented your sources clearly?
- Have you created a clear Works Cited page?
- Step back and look again at focus, development, and coherence. Have you produced a well-written essay?
Negotiating Essay Checklist
- Have you described clearly the positions adopted by members of your group?
- Does your essay show that you understand the positions?
- Does your essay make clear that you understand the differences in interests, background, and values among group members?
- Have you made clear the bias from which you are working?
- Have you found a negotiating position that accommodates at least some of the interests of all sides?
- Have you explained your resolution of the conflict?
- Have you used logic and other appeals effectively?
- Does your essay include evidence from the Aims essays?
- Does your essay include evidence from other sources?
- Have you documented your sources clearly?
- Have you created a clear Works Cited page?
- Step back and look again at focus, development, and coherence. Have you produced a well-written essay?