Synthesis First draft reflects a First draft reflects a good First draft reflects a weak First draft reflects a poor Score: strong ability to ability to synthesize ability to synthesize ability to synthesize Synthesize information Comments: synthesize information information from multiple information from multiple information from multiple from multiple sources from multiple information information sources. information sources. information sources. Very Points Possible: 10 sources. All synthesized Most synthesized Synthesized information little synthesis is present; information is in the information is in the may all be from 1–2 information may be lifted student's own words student's own words sources, not in the word for word from one (except for cited (except for cited student's own words, or or more sources (or not paraphrases and paraphrases and may not have clearly cited appropriately); draft quotations), with clearly quotations), with main identifiable main ideas does not contain clearly identifiable main ideas ideas and supporting and supporting details. identifiable main ideas and supporting details. details. and supporting details. Organization/Structure All organizational Primary elements of Primary elements of Some primary elements Score: elements of the research organization (thesis, organization (thesis, of organization (thesis, Organize the information Comments: paper (main topic, subtopics, and subtopics, and subtopics, and according to subtopic subtopics, and supporting details) are supporting details) are supporting details) are Points Possible: 5 supporting details) are mostly accurate, often inaccurate, missing entirely or are present, well-developed, appropriate, inappropriate, inaccurate and and compelling. Student and underdeveloped, or not underdeveloped. is has clearly arranged the compelling. There is compelling, or may be no evidence of a strategy paper according to a evidence of a strategy for missing entirely. There is for determining order of specific organizational determining order of little evidence of a information. Information structure (chronological, information with strategy for determining is not organized into most-to-least important, transitions. Information is order of information. subtopics and/or does etc.). Student uses organized into subtopics not support central ideas, examples from text to supports central ideas, concepts, and themes. clearly support central concepts, and themes. ideas, concepts, and themes.
Synthesis Synthesize information from multiple sources Points Possible: 10 First draft reflects a strong ability to synthesize information from multiple information sources. All synthesized information is in the student's own words (except for cited paraphrases and quotations), with clearly identifiable main ideas and supporting details. First draft reflects a good ability to synthesize information from multiple information sources. Most synthesized information is in the student's own words (except for cited paraphrases and quotations), with main ideas and supporting details. First draft reflects a weak ability to synthesize information from multiple information sources. Synthesized information may all be from 1–2 sources, not in the student's own words, or may not have clearly identifiable main ideas and supporting details. First draft reflects a poor ability to synthesize information from multiple information sources. Very little synthesis is present; information may be lifted word for word from one or more sources (or not cited appropriately); draft does not contain clearly identifiable main ideas and supporting details. Score: Comments: Organization/Structure Organize the information according to subtopic Points Possible: 5 All organizational elements of the research paper (main topic, subtopics, and supporting details) are present, well-developed, and compelling. Student has clearly arranged the paper according to a specific organizational structure (chronological, most-to-least important, etc.). Student uses examples from text to clearly support central ideas, concepts, and themes. Primary elements of organization (thesis, subtopics, and supporting details) are mostly accurate, appropriate, and compelling. There is evidence of a strategy for determining order of information with transitions. Information is organized into subtopics supports central ideas, concepts, and themes. Primary elements of organization (thesis, subtopics, and supporting details) are often inaccurate, inappropriate, underdeveloped, or not compelling, or may be missing entirely. There is little evidence of a strategy for determining order of information. Some primary elements of organization (thesis, subtopics, and supporting details) are missing entirely or are inaccurate and underdeveloped. is no evidence of a strategy for determining order of information. Information is not organized into subtopics and/or does not support central ideas, concepts, and themes. Score: Comments:
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