BODY CONTENT/FOCUS (50) Substantial, specific, (40) Sufficiently developed (30) Limited content with (20) Superficial and/or and/or illustrative content content with adequate inadequate elaboration or minimal content unrelated to with strong development of explanation generally explanation somewhat related Thesis Statement directly related to related to Thesis Statement to Thesis Statement Thesis Statement CONCLUSION (20) Strong ending brings (15) Sufficiently brings (10) Limited closure; weak (5) Little or no closure; closure; clearly paper to closure and restates restatement of main idea with main idea is not restated or restates main idea without main idea with little substantial repetition is repeated exactly repeating repetition ORGANIZATION (20) Sophisticated (15) Functional arrangement (10) Confused or inconsistent (5) Minimal control of arrangement of content of content; some order and arrangement of content content arrangement with evident and/or subtle transition transitions CONVENTIONS (20) Evident control of (15) Sufficient control of (10) Limited control of (5) Minimal control of grammar, mechanics, grammar, mechanics, etc.; grammar, mechanics, spelling, grammar, mechanics, spelling, etc.; few or no some errors etc.; several errors spelling, etc.; substantial errors errors DOCUMENTATION & MLA FORMAT (40) Appropriate credit and (30) Sufficient credit and (20) Limited credit and (10) Minimal credit and sources: all quotes, sources: most quotes, sources: some quotes, sources: few quotes, summaries, paraphrases, summaries, paraphrases, and summaries, paraphrases, and summaries, paraphrases, and and internal citations internal citations employ internal citations employ internal citations employ employ precise MLA proper MLA format proper MLA format proper MLA format format WORKS CITED (30) Cited page setup (25) Works Cited page setup (20) Works Cited page setup (15) Works Cited page setup and all entries follow exact and entries generally follow and entries somewhat follow and entries minimally MLA format MLA format; few errors MLA format; several errors follow MLA format; substantial errors Total: ____________ / 200 points ____________% Grade See specific comments on reverse.
BODY CONTENT/FOCUS (50) Substantial, specific, and/or illustrative content with strong development of directly related to Thesis Statement (40) Sufficiently developed content with adequate explanation generally related to Thesis Statement (30) Limited content with inadequate elaboration or explanation somewhat related to Thesis Statement (20) Superficial and/or minimal content unrelated to Thesis Statement CONCLUSION (20) Strong ending brings closure; clearly restates main idea without repeating (15) Sufficiently brings paper to closure and restates main idea with little repetition (10) Limited closure; weak restatement of main idea with substantial repetition (5) Little or no closure; main idea is not restated or is repeated exactly ORGANIZATION (20) Sophisticated arrangement of content with evident and/or subtle transitions (15) Functional arrangement of content; some order and transition (10) Confused or inconsistent arrangement of content (5) Minimal control of content arrangement CONVENTIONS (20) Evident control of grammar, mechanics, spelling, etc.; few or no errors (15) Sufficient control of grammar, mechanics, etc.; some errors (10) Limited control of grammar, mechanics, spelling, etc.; several errors (5) Minimal control of grammar, mechanics, spelling, etc.; substantial errors DOCUMENTATION & MLA FORMAT (40) Appropriate credit and sources: all quotes, summaries, paraphrases, and internal citations employ precise MLA format (30) Sufficient credit and sources: most quotes, summaries, paraphrases, and internal citations employ proper MLA format (20) Limited credit and sources: some quotes, summaries, paraphrases, and internal citations employ proper MLA format (10) Minimal credit and sources: few quotes, summaries, paraphrases, and internal citations employ proper MLA format WORKS CITED (30) Cited page setup and all entries follow exact MLA format (25) Works Cited page setup and entries generally follow MLA format; few errors (20) Works Cited page setup and entries somewhat follow MLA format; several errors (15) Works Cited page setup and entries minimally follow MLA format; substantial errors Total: ____________ / 200 points ____________% Grade See specific comments on reverse.
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