ENGLISH 10 HONORS –THE SCARLET LETTER RESEARCH PAPER– HART
Name(s) __________________________ Period ___
*If your paper meets criteria in multiple point categories, you will receive the points of the lowest category.
For example: Your paper could have all pages in order (30 points) but also have some errors in MLA format of essay and/or works cited page (10 points). You would receive 20 points.
30
ORGANIZATION
and
MLA FORMAT
CONTENT
MECHANICS,
GRAMMAR & USAGE,
WORD CHOICE,
SENTENCE
FORMATION
QUOTES
PARENTHETICAL
DOCUMENTATION
POINTS EARNED
20
pages in order.
errors in
MLA format of essay
and/or works cited
page.
10
pages in order.
errors in MLA
format of essay
and/or works cited
page.
0
pages in order.
errors in
MLA format of essay
and/or works cited
page.
NO
MLA
FORMAT
All
Most
Some
Few
No
Few
Some
Frequent
Content
presented in a
logical and coherent
manner.
Clear thesis statement
and restated thesis
statement.
Content
presented
with some logic and
coherence.
Contains thesis
statement and
restated thesis
statement.
Content
presented
with little logic and
coherence.
Unclear thesis
statement or restated
thesis statement.
Content
NO
THESIS
STATEMENT
AND/OR
NO RESTATED
THESIS STATEMENT
No
errors in
spelling, punctuation,
and capitalization.
No errors in
grammar and usage.
Expressive, powerful,
creative word choice.
Varied/advanced
sentence structure.
Few
errors in spelling,
punctuation, and
capitalization.
Few errors in grammar
and usage.
Meaningful, precise
word choice.
Some varied/advanced
sentence structure.
Some
errors in
spelling, punctuation,
and capitalization.
Some errors in
grammar and usage.
Appropriate, basic,
functional word
choice.
Little variety in
sentence structure.
Frequent
EXTENSIVE ERRORS
AFFECTING THE
COMPREHENSION OF
THE ESSAY
3
2
1
0
All
Some
Few
No
quotes in proper
format.
quotes in proper
format.
sources
parenthetically
documented
correctly.
_____
pages in order.
errors in MLA
format of essay
and/or works cited
page.
5
_____
errors in
spelling, punctuation,
and capitalization.
Frequent errors in
grammar and usage.
Inappropriate,
repetitive, or vague
word choice.
No variety in sentence
structure.
quote in proper
format.
sources
parenthetically
documented
correctly.
+
presented
with no logic and
coherence.
Missing thesis
statement or restated
thesis statement.
quotes in proper
format.
sources
parenthetically
documented
correctly.
+
_____
NO
QUOTES
sources
parenthetically
documented
correctly.
+
_____
NO
PARENTHETICAL
DOCUMENTATION
=
________/150