Research paper

Informative Rubric (1) (1)

Informative Rubric (1) (1)

Criteria

Ratings

Pts

Purpose, Focus and Organization

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5 pts

Excellent

The main idea is easy to find. All the ideas are connected to the topic through explanation.

4 pts

Mastery

The main idea is easy to find. The examples and details are linked to the topic, but not well explained.

3 pts

Good Job

The main idea is easy to find. Most of the ideas are connected to the topic.

2 pts

Needs Improvement

The main idea may be hard to find. The examples and details are not connected.

1 pts

Needs Help

The writing is difficult to understand.

/ 5 pts

Purpose, Focus and Organization

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5 pts

Excellent

The tone is academic, nothing is written in a personal manner.

4 pts

Mastery

The tone is objective but not academic, missing the precise academic vocabulary.

3 pts

Good Job

The writer used personal pronouns and or did not stay objective.

2 pts

Needs Improvement

There are many personal pronouns, it is informal.

1 pts

Needs Help

It is unclear what kind of style the writer used. It is personal.

/ 5 pts

Purpose, Focus and Organization

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5 pts

Excellent

There are full introduction and concluding paragraphs. The ideas build on each other in an order that makes sense.

4 pts

Mastery

There are introductory and concluding paragraphs. The order of ideas makes sense.

3 pts

Good Job

The introduction and or conclusion may be missing information.

2 pts

Needs Improvement

Missing either the introduction or conclusion.

1 pts

Needs Help

The essay was written as one paragraph. No clear organization of ideas.

/ 5 pts

Purpose, Focus and Organization

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5 pts

Excellent

Transition words and phrases are used between paragraphs and in the paragraphs to move from one idea to the next smoothly.

4 pts

Mastery

Transition words and phrases are used, but may be repeated, or simple

3 pts

Good Job

The essay may be missing transitions, and/ or the ideas sound more like a list than a paragraph.

2 pts

Needs Improvement

There are few to no transitions, and the ideas are listed.

1 pts

Needs Help

It is difficult to follow the ideas, there is no clear order.

/ 5 pts

Evidence and Elaboration

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5 pts

Excellent

The evidence adds important information about the topic. The evidence fits into the writer's’ own sentences.

4 pts

Mastery

The evidence adds important information but is not smoothly integrated into the paragraphs.

3 pts

Good Job

There is an attempt to explain but many points are unclear or not connected.

2 pts

Needs Improvement

The ideas are not explained, a few examples are listed without support

1 pts

Needs Help

The writer does not understand the topic. Many ideas do not make sense.

/ 5 pts

Evidence and Elaboration

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5 pts

Excellent

Every example is well explained. The reader is not asked to assume information.

4 pts

Mastery

Most of the examples are well explained. Only one or two points need to be inferred.

3 pts

Good Job

The evidence is on topic, but it is stuck into the paragraphs.

2 pts

Needs Improvement

The evidence does not add to the topic but repeats, or is off topic.

1 pts

Needs Help

Evidence is missing.

/ 5 pts

Evidence and Elaboration

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5 pts

Excellent

The word choice is specific and adds depth to the ideas. Academic vocabulary adds to the meaning and shows a deep understanding of the topic.

4 pts

Mastery

The word choice is specific. Academic vocabulary adds to the meaning and shows an understanding of the topic.

3 pts

Good Job

The word choice is appropriate to the topic, but is missing academic language.

2 pts

Needs Improvement

The word choice is very simple. There is no topic specific, or academic language used.

1 pts

Needs Help

The word choice is inappropriate for the assignment.

/ 5 pts

Evidence and Elaboration

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5 pts

Excellent

There are simple, compound, and complex sentences of different lengths that flow smoothly into each other.

4 pts

Mastery

There are simple, compound, and complex sentences of different lengths

3 pts

Good Job

There is some variety in the sentence types.

2 pts

Needs Improvement

The sentences are choppy, listing information instead of tying ideas together.

1 pts

Needs Help

Many sentences are run-ons and/or incomplete.

/ 5 pts

Conventions

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5 pts

Excellent

Only two or three errors.

4 pts

Mastery

There are a few errors but they do not make it difficult to understand.

3 pts

Good Job

A few errors interfere with the meaning of ideas.

2 pts

Needs Improvement

Many errors make it difficult to follow the ideas of the text.

1 pts

Needs Help

The many errors make the writing hard to understand.

/ 5 pts

References and Citations

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5 pts

Excellent

Every quotation and paraphrase piece of information from sources is correctly cited. The format for the citations is consistent.

4 pts

Mastery

All information from the sources is cited, but there are errors in the citations.

3 pts

Good Job

Some of the source information is not cited.

2 pts

Needs Improvement

There are errors in the source information and citations.

1 pts

Needs Help

Information is plagiarized.

/ 5 pts

Total Points: 0