Content - National identity

Does the article contain an introduction that

• prepare the reader for the content of the text?
• engages the reader and makes the reader interested?

Does the second part of the text

• contain information about what Americans and Englishmen think of Sweden?

Does the third part of the text

• contain your views?
• contain parts where you agree or disagree with the information in the second part of the text?

Does the article contain a conclusion that

• sum up your views on Swedish identity?
• contain something that makes an impression on the reader?

Style and Language

• Can teenagers from around the world relate to your text?
• Would the article fit into  a school paper at an internatiobal school?
• Is it noticeable in some way that this article is written for other young people from around the world?

• Is the information easy to understand?
• Are there typos and errors?
• Is it clear when you are presenting YOUR views and when you talk about OTHER PEOPLE’S views?
• Is the text divided into paragraphs correctly?

• Is the language your own (i.e. you haven’t copied someone else)?

Sources

• Have you based your information in the second part on 3-5 other sources?
• Are there citations (källhänvisningar) to the sources in the article?
• Does each citation contain information about

• WHERE the information comes from?
• WHO wrote/published/said it?
• and WHEN they said it?

• Does each citation have a hyperlink that leads directly to the source?
• Have you used “citation marks” when you have copied?