Revised 2013 6 Things Research Paper Rubric

8/13/2019 Revised 2013 6 Things Research Paper Rubric

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Name: ________________________________ Score: ______/ 100pts

6 Things You Should Know

Informative Research Paper Rubric

Part II: Social Issue Research Project

Research Project

Please attach this rubric to your 6 Things You Should Know About _____ research paper. This

assignment MUST be turned in for grading before Part III will be graded.

Due: _________________________

4=Awesome! 3=Got It! 2=Almost 1=Not Quite

Content and

Ideas

Great Content.

I have a thoughtfuland attentiongrabbing

introduction; it pullsmy reader in andexplains why thistopic is a social issue(10pts).

I have six creative,inventive, anddynamic ideas aboutmy research topic; myideas are thoroughly

discussed, insightfuland/or thoughtprovoking (19-20pts).

Solid Content.

I have a clear andappropriateintroduction; it

informs my readerwhy this topic is asocial issue (8-9pts).

I have six solid ideasabout my researchtopic; my ideas arewell discussed andappropriate(16-

18pts).

Basic Content.

I have a brief, butsomewhat clearintroduction;

however, it is limitedand needs to explainmore why this topic isa social issue (6-7pts).

I have six ideas aboutmy research topic,but they basic andlimited; my ideashave some

discussion, but theycould be pushedmore (12-15pts).

Weak/Missing

Content.

I have a confusing,weak, or missingintroduction; it fails

to explain why thistopic is a socialissue and/or is tooshort, unclear, etc.(0-5pts).

I may have sixideas, but they areweak,inappropriateand/or I might be

missing some; mydiscussion is poorand may be tooshort, redundant,or incorrect (0-10pts).

Organization

and Structure

My paragraphs showthoughtful andinventive structure(10pts).

My paragraphs showthoughtful and clearstructure (8-9pts).

My paragraph showbasic structure; myparagraphs mightalso be simple and

underdeveloped (6-7pts).

My paragraphsshow weak andconfusingstructure; my

paragraphs may belacking structure(0-5pts).

Voice and

Style

I have a great writingvoice, style, anddiverse sentence

I have an appropriatewriting voice withsome style and

I have a simple andgeneric writing voicewith limited style and

I have a weakwriting voice withlittle if any style and


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Research Project

structure (10pts). varying sentence

structure (8-9pts).

formulaic sentence

structure (6-7pts).

poor sentence

structure (0-5pts).

Evidence

and citation

I have relevant,influential evidence inevery paragraph withproper, if not perfectcitation.

My evidence is

masterfullyintegrated (with dab,dollop, or lotsasauce) (19-20 pts).

I have solid,appropriate evidencein every paragraphwith proper citation(there may be anerror or two).

My evidence is

appropriatelyintegrated (16-18pts).

I have basic evidencein every paragraph,but it may not berelevant orappropriate; mycitation is somewhatcorrect.

My evidence is

integrated, but it issimple, basic, and/orawkward (12-15pts).

I have weak and/ormissing evidence inmy paragraphs.The evidence mayalso be irrelevant tothe topic andimproperly cited.

My evidence ispoorly integrated; Ihave hoveringquotes and/or failto includeparaphrasedcitations (0-10pts).

Works Cited I include my workscited with properformat at the end ofmy document (5ts).

***

I include my workscited but there maybe a couple errorswith format/citation(3pts)

I include my workscited but there aremany errors and/orI fail to include myworks cited (0-2pts)

Format I have the correctformat but I am alsoinventive withpictures, fonts, andsubject lines (10pts).

I use MLA formatproperly(5pts).

I have the correctformat with theproper title andbolded subject lines(8-9pts).

***

I have almost all thecorrect format, butthere may be acouple errors (6-7pts).

***

I have very little ofthe correct format;there are manyerrors (0-5pts).

I fail to use MLAformat properly(0pts).

Mechanics I have great,inventive mechanics

and few if any errors(5pts).

I have solidmechanics and may

have a couple errors(4pts).

I have basicmechanics and

several errors (3pts).

I have poormechanics and

many distractingerrors (0-2pts).


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Research Project

Revisions I turned in a draft, for

teacher review, ontime (5pts). ***

I turned in a draft, for

teacher review, but itwas late (3pts).

I failed to turn in a

draft for teacherreview (0pts).

Comments:

CCRI 12.1, CCRI 12.7, CCW 12.1, CCW 12.2, CCW

12.9, 12.10, CCL 12.1, CCL 12.2

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