music research paper

APPENDIX A: Introduction NAME ___JUMAYEV________

Research Paper Introduction/Thesis Grading Rubric

Instructions: Use this rubric as a guide.

___1) Student provided an interesting working title for the paper. (2 points)

___2) Student described why he/she chose the topic in the first person. (2 points)

-1__3) Student stated the thesis in bold print at the end of the introduction (2 points)

___4) Student proposed a thesis that is argumentative and persuasive (not a question) (2 points)

___5) Student identified a specific style of music from a specific country to be researched (4 points)

INADEQUATE (e.g. Asian)

MARGINAL (e.g. East Asian)

VERY GOOD (e.g. Japan)

EXCELLENT (e.g. Japanese taiko drumming)

-4_6) Student connected music to a specific aspect of culture (ex. race, gender, politics, identity, violence, moral values, innovation, Westernization, etc.) (4 points)

INADEQUATE (e.g. taiko reflects culture)

MARGINAL (e.g. taiko reflects gender)

VERY GOOD (e.g. taiko reflects relations between men and women)

EXCELLENT (e.g. the prominence of women in taiko reflects their rising status in Japan)

-4_7) Student's thesis includes an although clause and is controversial (4 points)

INADEQUATE (e.g. although there are many types of music in Japan, in this paper I will show that taiko is the most important)

MARGINAL (e.g. although group taiko has existed for only 50 years, in this paper I will show that women play taiko)

VERY GOOD (e.g. although Japanese women have traditionally been in the background of Japanese society, in this paper I will show that they now play taiko)

EXCELLENT (e.g. although Japanese women have traditionally been in the background of Japanese society, in this paper I will show the prominence of women in taiko reflects their rising status in Japan)

TOTAL (25 points possible) ___16____ GRADE__________D______________