7/28/2019 6 Things Research Paper Rubric

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Name: ________________________________ Score: ______/ 85pts

6 Things You Should Know

Informative Research Paper Rubric

Part II: Social Issue Research Project

Research Project

Please attach this rubric to your6 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 six creative,inventive, anddynamic ideas

about my researchtopic; my ideas arethoroughlydiscussed,insightful and/orthought provoking(19-20pts).

Solid Content.

I have six solidideas about myresearch topic; my

ideas are welldiscussed andappropriate(16-18pts).

Basic Content

I have six ideasabout my researchtopic, but they

basic and limited;my ideas havesome discussion,but they could bepushed more (12-15pts).

Weak/MissingContent

I may have sixideas, but they areweak,

inappropriateand/or I might bemissing some; mydiscussion is poorand may be tooshort, redundant,or incorrect (0-10pts).

Evidence and

citation

I have relevant,influentialevidence in every

paragraph withproper, if notperfect citation.

My evidence ismasterfullyintegrated (withdab, dollop, orlotsa sauce) (19-20pts).

I have solid,appropriateevidence in every

paragraph withproper citation(there may be anerror or two).

My evidence isappropriatelyintegrated (16-18pts).

I have basicevidence in everyparagraph, but it

may not berelevant orappropriate; mycitation issomewhat correct.

My evidence isintegrated, but it issimple, basic,and/or awkward(12-15pts).

I have weak and/ormissing evidencein my paragraphs.

The evidence mayalso be irrelevantto the topic andimproperly cited.

My evidence ispoorly integrated;I have hoveringquotes (0-10pts).

Organization and

Structure

My paragraphsshow thoughtfuland inventivestructure (10pts).

My paragraphsshow thoughtfuland clear structure(8-9pts).

My paragraphshow basicstructure; myparagraphs mightalso be simple andunderdeveloped(6-7pts).

My paragraphsshow weak andconfusingstructure; myparagraphs maybe lackingstructure (0-5pts).

7/28/2019 6 Things Research Paper Rubric

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Name: ________________________________ Score: ______/ 85pts

6 Things You Should Know

Informative Research Paper Rubric

Part II: Social Issue Research Project

Research Project

Voice and Style I have a greatwriting voice,style, and diversesentence structure(10pts).

I have anappropriatewriting voice withsome style andvarying sentencestructure (8-9pts).

I have a simple andgeneric writingvoice with limitedstyle and formulaicsentence structure(6-7pts).

I have a weakwriting voice withlittle if any styleand poor sentencestructure (0-5pts).

Work Cited I include my workscited with properformat at the end

of my document(10pts).

_____

I include my workscited but theremay be a couple

errors withformat/citation (6-7pts)

I include my workscited but there aremany errors

and/or I fail toinclude my workscited (0-5pts)

Format I have the correctformat but I amalso inventive withpictures, fonts,and subject lines(10pts).

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

I have almost allthe correctformat, but theremay be a coupleerrors (6-7pts).

I have very little ofthe correctformat; there aremany errors (0-5pts).

Mechanics I have great,inventive

mechanics andfew if any errors(5pts).

I have solidmechanics and

may have a coupleerrors (4pts).

I have basicmechanics and

several errors(3pts).

I have poormechanics and

many distractingerrors (0-2pts).

Comments:

Scoring

77-85: A

68-77: B

60-67: C

51-59: D

>50: E

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

12.9, 12.10, CCL 12.1, CCL 12.2