Week 4 Assignment: Final Paper Checklist

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Week Four Final Paper Checklist Assignment

To begin this checklist assignment respond to the following three questions using a short paragraph of about 100 words for each response.

First, what is your primary argument? Who is your primary audience? And how do you want your audience to think, feel, or act differently?

Respond to this prompt in about 100 words.

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What feedback have you received from your instructor, your peers, your campus Writing Studio or the OWL has helped you the most? How have you implemented it?

Respond to this prompt in about 100 words.

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What challenges have you faced? What successes have you had? What do you still need to accomplish? What you might do differently on future writing tasks in school or in your career?

Respond to this prompt in about 100 words.

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Next, take a look at the rubric below. This rubric will be used to grade your Formal Research Paper.

In the empty area on the right, note where your final paper, in its current form, should score and why. Comment how you will improve in this area in order to strengthen your grade.

	Mastery	Proficiency	Competency	Needs Improvement	Unacceptable	My Comments
Develops an appropriate and organized research topic through all stages of the writing process	Effectively applies the principles of the writing process to compose a well-balanced essay. Uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject, conveying the writer's understanding, and shaping the whole work.	Effectively applies the principles of the writing process to compose a balanced essay. Uses appropriate, relevant content to explore ideas within the context of the discipline and shape the work.	Applies the principles of the writing process to compose a balanced essay. Uses appropriate and relevant content to develop and explore ideas through most of the work.	Demonstrates some understanding of writing process. Content is uneven in presentation. Development is weak.	Does not meet requirements or there was no submission.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Synthesizes source material critically, strategically, and proportionately.	Demonstrates skillful use of credible, academic, relevant sources to develop ideas that are appropriate for the topic and strengthen the argument.	Demonstrates consistent use of credible, relevant academic sources to support ideas that are relevant to the topic and support the argument.	Writing uses academic language, objective tone with minor inconsistencies.	Demonstrates an attempt to use sources to support ideas in the writing. Sources may lack relevancy or use may be disproportional.	Does not meet requirements or there was no submission.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Applies current research to create context and focus to argument in an extended essay.	Demonstrates a thorough understanding of context, audience, and purpose that focuses all elements of the work on the main goal.	Demonstrates adequate consideration of context, audience, and purpose with a clear focus on the main goal.	Demonstrates awareness of context, audience, purpose with adequate focus on the main goal.	Demonstrates minimal attention to context, audience, purpose. Main goal is present but lacks focus.	Does not meet requirements or there was no submission.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Illustrates a comprehensive understanding of APA format	Demonstrates mastery of APA format standards with no errors.	Demonstrates skillful application of APA format standards with few errors.	Demonstrates understanding of APA format standards with minor errors (less than five)	Shows some understanding of APA format standards. Errors are frequent (more than five)	Does not meet requirements or there was no submission.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Grammar and mechanics	Uses graceful language that skillfully communicates meaning to readers with clarity and fluency and is virtually error-free.	Uses appropriate language that generally conveys meaning to readers with few errors.	Uses language that generally conveys meaning to readers with clarity, although writing may include errors.	Uses language that sometimes impedes meaning because of errors in usage.	Does not meet requirements or there was no submission.	Click or tap here to enter text.
Style and Tone	Writing uses academic language, objective tone, and is consistent throughout the essay.	Writing uses academic language, objective tone with minor inconsistencies.	Writing attempts use of academic language, and objective tone. Casual language is evident. Inconsistencies mark the essay.	Communicates with clarity but lacks formal or academic language. Objective voice is not consistent	Does not meet requirements or there was no submission.	Click or tap here to enter text.

Below is a list of requirements for the paper. It will not be graded.

You may use it to check whether your final paper meets the requirements for the assignment.

1.	I have reviewed the rubric and instructions to be sure I have met the requirements.	☐Yes ☐No
2.	My submission is between 1800-2275. This does NOT include the title page and references.	☐Yes ☐No
3.	My essay includes a minimum of 7 academic sources.	☐Yes ☐No
4.	My title page follows this APA example. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/title-page	☐Yes ☐No
5.	My title advances my argument in some way. Here are some guidelines for good title writing.	☐Yes ☐No
6.	The body of my paper begins on page 2 with entire title bolded and centered at the top of page.	☐Yes ☐No
7.	My introductory section ends with the thesis statement.	☐Yes ☐No
8.	The thesis statement includes the argument plus supporting elements.	☐Yes ☐No
9.	The supporting elements addressed in the paper in the same order they are listed in the thesis statement.	☐Yes ☐No
10.	Topic sentences begin each new section and use a transitional phrase per the Week 3 Learning Module directions.	☐Yes ☐No
11.	Does the body of the paper reveal balance in the argument? (i.e. each supporting element section contains about the same amount of information.)	☐Yes ☐No
12.	Does the conclusion include a restated thesis statement either in the first or second sentence? (Note: The restated thesis should be a revised version, not the same thesis used in the introduction.)	☐Yes ☐No
13.	Are all sources properly cited in APA?	☐Yes ☐No
14.	Do your citations match the reference entries?	☐Yes ☐No
15.	Is your reference page alphabetized?	☐Yes ☐No
16.	Are your references formatted in proper APA format?	☐Yes ☐No
17.	Are the references formatted accurately with double spacing and hanging indentions?	☐Yes ☒No
18.	Is your use of source support limited to no more than 20% of the paper?	☐Yes ☐No
19.	Does the format of your paper follow APA standards, including 1” margins, first-line indention of paragraphs?	☐Yes ☐No
20.	Does your paper make use of objective point of view rather than subjective point of view (i.e. avoiding first person and second person writing)?	☐Yes ☐No
21.	Does your paper use academic language only?	☐Yes ☐No
22.	Does your paper include counterpoints and rebuttals?	☐Yes ☐No
23.	Have you checked your paper for plagiarism by submitting it to Safe Assign via the OWL or have you used your local campus Writing Studio?	☐Yes ☐No