Essay with documentary

Criteria

Ratings

Points

Introduction

What paper is about?

Thesis sentence/argument.

Roadmap-how you are organizing the rest of the paper.

Excellent

10 points

Very good

9-8 points

Good

7-6 points

.

Fair

5-4 points

Poor

3-1 points

0 points

No introduction.

Body

Connection of ideas/evidence supporting the thesis/argument.

Quality of evidence/

Excellent

40 points

Excellent connection of ideas/evidence supporting the thesis/argument.

Excellent evidence.

Very good

39-30 points

Very good connection of ideas/evidence supporting the thesis/argument.

Very good evidence.

Shows 1-2 problems.

Good

29-20 points

Good connection of ideas/evidence supporting the thesis/argument. Good evidence.

Shows 3-4 problems.

Fair

19-10 points

Fair connection of ideas/evidence supporting the thesis/argument. Fair evidence.

Shows 5-6 problems.

Poor

10-1 points

Poor connection of ideas/evidence supporting the thesis/argument. Poor evidence. Shows 7+ problems.

0 points

Not met at all

Conclusion

Restate thesis

Summarize findings

Excellent

10 points

Excellent conclusion.

Shows no problems.

Very good

9-8 points

Very good conclusion.

Shows 1 problem.

Good

7-6 points

Good conclusion.

Shows 2 problems.

Fair

5-4 points

Fair conclusion.

Shows 3 problems.

Poor

3-1 points

Poor conclusion.

Shows 4+ problems.

0 points

Not met at all

Citations

Consistent and correct use of style of documentation.

Correct use of footnotes or end notes or parenthetical citation.

Excellent

10 points

Excellent use of citations.

Very good

9-8 points

Very good use of citations.

Shows 1-2 problems.

Good

7-6 points

Good use of citations.

Shows 3-4 problems.

Fair

5-4 points

Fair use of citations.

Shows 5-6 problems.

Poor

3-1 points

Poor use of citations.

Shows 7+ problems.

0 points

Not met at all

Grammar

Spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Excellent

10 points

No problems with spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Very good

9-8 points

Shows 1-2 problems with spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Good

7-6 points

Shows 3-4 problems with spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Fair

5-4 points

Shows 5-6 problems with spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Poor

3-1 points

Shows 7 + problems with spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

0 points

Not met at all

Organization

Organization of the essay.

Organization at the paragraph level. Paragraphs have a topic sentence. The body of the paragraph supports/develops the topic sentence.

Excellent

10 points

Excellent organization of the essay. Excellent organization at the paragraph level.

Very good

9-8 points

Very good organization. Shows 1-2 problems with the organization of the essay and paragraphs.

Good

7-6 points

Good organization. Shows 3-4 problems with the organization of the essay and paragraphs.

Fair

5-4 points

Fair organization. Shows 5-6 problems with the organization of the essay and paragraphs.

Poor

3-1 points

Poor organization. Shows 7+ problems with the organization of the essay and paragraphs.

0 points

Not met at all

Following instructions

Number of pages

Meeting deadline

Font size

Double spaced

Margins

Excellent

10 points

Excellent

Very good

9-8 points

Very good.

Shows 1-2 problems in following instructions.

Good

7-6 points

Good.

Shows 3-4 problems in following instructions

Fair

5-4 points

Fair.

Shows 5-6 problems in following instructions

Poor

3-1 points

Poor

Shows 7+ problems in following instructions.

Not met at all