Research Paper

2. Does the thesis name your research subject, or person, and what accomplishment or achievement they made?

3. Does the introduction begin with a general description of topic/situation?

4. Is essay organized in time order?

5. Do the paragraphs have clear topic sentences? Underline them.

6. Does the essay have balanced development? If not, what should be changed?

7. Are the sources cited? Is there a Works Cited page?

8. Does the essay have good cohesion?

Check off the writing strategies used to link the thesis statement to the topic sentences to the body paragraphs.

______ repeated words _______ transitions

______ word forms _______ similar sentence beginnings

______ synonyms _______ correlative conjunctions

9. Are time signals used regularly and effectively?

10. What other suggestions do you have?