Summary Paper for a article

Inadequate: 2

Adequate: 3

Good: 4

Excellent: 5

Domain specific knowledge

  30%

The writer does not demonstrate an understanding of the information. The text does not provide answers to questions about the subject.

The writer seems uncomfortable with content but is able to explain basic concepts.

The writer is at ease with the content although sometimes fails to elaborate on specific statements.

The writer demonstrates full understanding of the content and explicitly elaborates and supports all statements.

Organization and paragraphing

  25%

Text is composed of big blocks of unstructured text or random bullets.

Paragraphs are used but the ideas seem disjointed. Work still needed on transitions between paragraphs and parallelism.

Paragraphs are used and the ideas are tied together with transitions.

Paragraphs are used and the ideas are tied together with transitions. The text includes summative headings to make it easy to skim for the main points.

Coherence, cohesion—a sense of flow, a sense of pattern, a sense of a unified message

  20%

Sequence of information is difficult to follow.

Reader has difficulty following the organization of ideas because the text does not provide explicit connections between ideas.

Text presents information in a logical sequence that a reader can follow.

Text presents information in a logical, interesting sequence which reader can follow. The connections between ideas are explicitly stated without redundancy.

Grammar, spelling, punctuation

15%

Text could benefit from further work in using correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. There are significant mistakes in more than one of these areas.

Text could benefit from further work in using correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. There are significant mistakes in at least one of these areas.

Text uses correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. There are some mistakes in one of these areas.

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Text consistently uses correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. There are few to no mistakes in each of these areas.

References, sources, resources

  10%

Text provides no sources or references. Or, sources and references are included but do not conform to APA standards.

Text includes some source and references but contain some significant mistakes in APA formatting.

Sources and resources are provided and conform to APA standards

Sources and resources are consistently provided and conform to APA standards with no mistakes.