Research Paper First Draft (Writing about why technology makes us more alone)

Research Paper Checklist and Rubric

Mrs. Hughes

15 May 2017

Total Points: 120 test-category points

Part I: MLA Format: Each bullet is worth five points each,

except for the final bullet point. The final bullet is worth 20

points: Total: 60 points.

❏ Paper has a header (student’s last name and the page number) in the upper right-hand

corner of the paper in Times New Roman font size 12.

For example:

Brazill 1

❏ Paper has a heading on the first page of the paper, following this format:

Souriya Sample

Mrs. Hughes

CP World Literature

22 May 2017

❏ Paper is in Times New Roman font size 12, double-spaced with no highlighting.

❏ The list of works cited entries is the last page of the paper.

❏ The entries of the works cited list are in alphabetical order by author’s last name. If no

author is listed, the entries are listed in alphabetical order by the article title. If the works

cited list includes both works written by an author, and works with only article titles, the

works that have a designated author are listed first in alphabetical order, followed by the

works having only article titles. Here’s an example:

Works Cited

Catherwood, Christopher, and Leslie Alan Horvitz. “Armenian Genocide.” ​Encyclopedia of War

Crimes and Genocide​, Facts on File, 2006. ​Modern World History​,

online.infobase.com/HRC/LearningCenter/Details/3?articleId=271122, Accessed 22

March 2017.

“Armenian Genocide.” ​History.com​. A&E Television Networks, 2010,

www.history.com/topics/armenian-genocide, Accessed 4 April 2017.

❏ In-text citations are in parentheses.

❏ In-text citations using the author’s last name are typed correctly, i.e., (Catherwood and

Horvitz).

❏ In-text citations using the article’s title is in quotation marks, and in parentheses, i.e.,

(“Armenian Genocide”).

❏ The list of works cited accurately matches the student’s in-text citations. ​If sources are

cited within the text of the paper, but are not listed in the Works Cited, the student’s

paper is deducted twenty points. Or, if sources are included on the Works Cited

page, but are not included as an in-text citation, then the student’s paper is

deducted twenty points. ​The purpose of this paper was to learn how to correctly cite

research; I cannot award a paper with incorrect research a high score.

Part II: Content: 60 points total: TEN POINTS EACH:

❏ Introduction includes a narrative hook, and introduction includes background

information.

❏ Introduction includes a thesis statement that takes a stand and previews its supporting

points.

❏ Main body paragraphs are revised and edited, and have very few errors that do not

interfere with meaning.

❏ Main body paragraphs include the student’s explanation/arguments; the research supports

the student’s argument.

❏ The paper’s research includes two verifiable and reliable sources.

❏ Conclusion restates paper’s main ideas and ​does not introduce any new ideas​.