summary-response

Concerns: Areas that Need Improvement

Criteria: Standards Outlined in the Assignment Guidelines

Strengths: Evidence of Meeting or Exceeding the standard.

Summary ________/10

· Accurately identifies the author’s main idea/thesis

· Explains important supporting ideas and not minor details

· Uses own words and sentence structures

Response ________/10

· Focuses on ONE specific topic that is logically connected to the source article

· Includes relevant supporting ideas/evidence to logically support their response

· Includes at least one outside academic source to support response

· Demonstrates independent thinking/critical thinking

APA ________/5

· Correctly uses in-text citations for all summaries, paraphrases and direct quotes

· Includes a correctly formatted reference page on a separate page

· Follows paper formatting rules (double spaced, 1-inch margins, etc)

Language ________/5

· Language errors do not cause comprehension problems

· Uses a variety of sentence structures