GRADUATION PROJECT RESEARCH PAPER RUBRIC / English III – Academic and Honors
Paper meets minimum length (Academic 3-5) (Honors 6-7)).
Paper included parenthetical documentation where appropriate AND a Works Cited page.
Paper incorporates minimum number of sources (Academic – 2 print, 2 electronic) (Honors – 2 print, 2 electronic, 2 additional)
Adheres to MLA format
·  1” margins
·  Name, Class, Teacher, and Date
·  Title / ·  12pt. Times New Roman Font
·  Doublespaced
·  Page numbers (name 1)Page one
Papers must meet the the first four (4) requirements before the paper will be graded!
/ Total Points / Effective
4 / Adequate
3 / Insufficient
2 / Unsatisfactory
1 / Not
Submitted
0
Present an insightful and focused thesis statement. / Presents a thesis statement with adequate insight and focus. / Presents a thesis statement with minimal insight and focus. / Presents a thesis statement with no insight or focus.
Effectively synthesizes ideas providing multiple perspectives that draw strong and clear connections between the thesis and related ideas. / Adequately synthesizes ideas, providing multiple perspectives that draw adequate connections between the thesis and related ideas. / Insufficiently synthesizes ideas, providing limited perspectives that draw insufficient connections between thesis and related ideas. / Does not synthesize ideas or present multiple perspectives and shows no understanding of connections between thesis and related ideas.
Demonstrates exceptional selection of supporting information clearly relevant to the thesis and related ideas. / Demonstrates adequate selection of supporting information relevant to the thesis and related ideas. / Demonstrates insufficient selection of supporting information relevant to thesis and related ideas. / Lacks supporting
information relevant to thesis and related ideas
Effectively balances use of quotations and student paraphrasing. / Adequately balances use of quotations and student paraphrasing. / Insufficiently balances use of quotations and student paraphrasing. / Does not balance use of quotations and student
paraphrasing
Demonstrates effective use of MLA format, including pagination, citations, Outline, Works Cited Page and using primary and secondary sources. / Demonstrates adequate use of MLA format, including pagination, citations, Outline, Works Cited Page,and using primary and secondary sources. / Demonstrates limited
use of MLA format, including pagination, citations, Outline, Works Cited Page, and using primary and secondary sources. / Demonstrates no use of MLA format, including pagination, citations, Outline, and Works Cited Page. Does not use a variety of primary or secondary sources.
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Content
/ Points / Effective
4 / Adequate
3 / Insufficient
2 / Unsatisfactory
1 / Not
Submitted
0
Exhibits skillful use of language, including effective word choice, clarity, and consistent voice, fluency and varied sentence structure. / Exhibits good use of
language, including
some mastery of word
choice, clarity and
consistent voice, fluency and sentence structure / Exhibits ineffective use of language, including weak word choice, limited clarity, inconsistent voice, fluency, and sentence structure. / Exhibits severely flawed use of language, including weak word choice, no clarity, no voice, lack of fluency and sentence structure.
Consistently uses standard writing conventions in grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and usage. / Generally uses standard writing conventions in grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and usage. / Minimally uses standard writing conventions in grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and usage. / Does not use standard writing conventions in grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and usage.
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