research paper

Title of Paper:

Content (20 pts) ______

18-20 – Clearly identifies and fully develops ideas/themes; clearly provides logical, valid

and specific details

15-17 – Identifies and develops some ideas/themes; provides some logical, valid and

specific details

12-14 – Does not identify and develop ideas/themes; provides few logical, valid and

specific details

Organization (10 pts) ______

9-10 – Clearly and consistently organizes ideas; effectively structures and orders

paragraphs

7-8 – Frequently organizes ideas; frequently structures and orders paragraphs

5-6 – Does not organize ideas; does not structure or order paragraphs

Style (10 pts) ______

9-10 – Maintains consistent focus and sense of purpose; clearly shows awareness of

audience

7-8 – Inconsistent in maintaining focus and sense of purpose; inconsistent in showing

awareness of audience

5-6 – Conveys little or no focus or sense of purpose; shows little awareness of audience

Mechanics (10 pts) ______

9-10 – Makes few grammatical, punctuation or spelling errors; uses correct citation

format to document sources

7-8 – Makes occasional grammatical, punctuation or spelling errors; identifies and

documents most sources appropriately

5-6 – Makes frequent grammatical, punctuation or spelling errors; uses incorrect

citation format to document sources

Comments Total ______