Title of Paper:
Content (20 pts) ______
18-20 – Clearly identifies and fully develops ideas/themes; clearly provides logical, valid
and specific details
15-17 – Identifies and develops some ideas/themes; provides some logical, valid and
specific details
12-14 – Does not identify and develop ideas/themes; provides few logical, valid and
specific details
Organization (10 pts) ______
9-10 – Clearly and consistently organizes ideas; effectively structures and orders
paragraphs
7-8 – Frequently organizes ideas; frequently structures and orders paragraphs
5-6 – Does not organize ideas; does not structure or order paragraphs
Style (10 pts) ______
9-10 – Maintains consistent focus and sense of purpose; clearly shows awareness of
audience
7-8 – Inconsistent in maintaining focus and sense of purpose; inconsistent in showing
awareness of audience
5-6 – Conveys little or no focus or sense of purpose; shows little awareness of audience
Mechanics (10 pts) ______
9-10 – Makes few grammatical, punctuation or spelling errors; uses correct citation
format to document sources
7-8 – Makes occasional grammatical, punctuation or spelling errors; identifies and
documents most sources appropriately
5-6 – Makes frequent grammatical, punctuation or spelling errors; uses incorrect
citation format to document sources
Comments Total ______