Integration Writing

Source Integration Writing Assignment Rubric

Plagiarism 0%

Inadequate F: <55%

Poor D: 65%

Adequate C: 75%

Good B: 85%

Excellent A: 100%

Quotation/ Source Material

40%

*Significant and/or repeated instances of plagiarism: whole paper, entire sentences, one or more lines of text. *No works cited and/or sources.

*No quote(s) *Misuse of source material, i.e. ineffective paraphrasing, missing quotation marks and/or citations. *Plagiarism *Not in MLA format *Does not meet half of requirements

* Insufficient understanding of how to use source material * Poor choice of and/or incorporation of quotes * Fewer than required number of quotes and/or sources. *Several errors in MLA format / works cited *Does not meet the minimum length requirement

*Somewhat correct use of source material * Adequate choice of and/or incorporation of quotes * Proper number of adequately relevant, fully integrated, and correctly cited quotes *Mostly follows MLA format

* Generally correct use of parenthetical notation * Proper number of generally relevant, fully integrated, and correctly cited quotes *Good understanding of how to cite sources. *Follows MLA format

* Correct use of parenthetical notation * Proper number of relevant, fully integrated, and correctly cited quotes *Source(s) is cited correctly *Follows MLA format / works cited page correctly documented

Works Cited

30%

*Significant and/or repeated instances of plagiarism: whole paper, entire sentences, one or more lines of text. *No works cited and/or sources.

*No works cited *Not in MLA format * Does not meet half of requirements

*Several errors in MLA format / works cited *Does not meet the minimum length requirement

*Mostly follows MLA format / works cited page minimal errors

*Follows MLA format / works cited page correct minimal errors

*Follows MLA format / works cited page correctly documented

Content/

Style 20%

*Significant and/or repeated instances of plagiarism: whole paper, entire sentences, one or more lines of text. *No works cited and/or sources.

*Ineffective, irrelevant, or no supporting details *Unclear, illogical, and/or unsound *Does not meet half of requirements *Inappropriate tone/narrative rather than argumentative.

*Supporting details are ineffective, irrelevant, or too few *Paragraphs lack unity (do not support the topic sentence) *Somewhat unclear, illogical, and/or unsound *Does not meet the minimum length requirement *Informal tone/excessive use of 1st or 2nd person pronouns.

*Some relevant supporting details *Presents a somewhat clear, logical, and sound argument *Meets the minimum length requirement *Academic tone/ minimal use of 1st or 2nd person pronouns.

*Numerous relevant supporting details *Paragraphs are mostly unified (support the topic sentence) *Mostly clear, logical, and sound argument *Meets the minimum length requirement *Academic tone. Does not use 1st or 2nd person pronouns.

*Numerous relevant and high quality supporting details *Paragraphs are unified (support the topic sentence) *Clear, logical, and sound *Meets the minimum length requirement *Academic tone. Does not use 1st or 2nd person pronouns.

Grammar/ Mechanics

10%

*Significant and/or repeated instances of plagiarism: whole paper, entire sentences, one or more lines of text. *No works cited and/or sources.

*Errors impede readability/meaning is lost *Significant number of major sentence errors. *Fails to follow writing conventions/haphazard spelling *Does not meet half of

requirements

*Errors affect readability and distract the reader. *Two or more major sentence errors *Many mechanical errors & misspelled words *Does not meet the minimum length requirement

*Errors somewhat distract the reader and affect readability *One or two major sentence errors *Somewhat follows the conventions of written Standard American English *Several misspellings

*Grammatical errors do not significantly affect readability *No major sentence errors. *Good variety of sentences *Mostly follows the conventions of written Standard American English *Most words are correctly spelled

*Few if any grammatical errors. Errors do not distract the reader or affect readability. *No major sentence errors *Excellent variety of sentences *Follows the conventions of written Standard American English *All words are correctly spelled