General criteria for rough draft: 100 Excellent Draft Still needs improvement and polishing, but there is evidence of the student hitting/working to hit every criteria listed below 90 Very Good Draft Still needs improvement and polishing, but there is evidence of the student hitting/working to hit the majority of the criteria 80 Satisfactory Draft Student has produced a draft that meets/strives to meet at least half of the criteria below 70 Fair Draft Student has produced a draft that meets/strives to meet about ¼ of the criteria listed below 60 Poor Draft Student has a produced a draft that meets less than 25% of the criteria listed below 50 Very Poor Draft Student’s draft meets almost none of the below criteria 20 (R) / 18% (H) or lower on TurnItIn Similarity Report (5% extra similarity is allowable on rough draft, assuming student will fix to improve this % before submitting the final draft; anything over 5% extra on the rough draft is deducted from the draft grade) 20% or lower on AI detector on TurnItIn, or else draft receives automatic 0% - - Ideas - Meets page number/length criteria Clear topic & thesis Using quoted and paraphrased material in each body paragraph Citing quoted and paraphrased material in each body paragraph Providing plenty of elaboration on the evidence presented Providing fresh insights rather than simply re-typing info from other sources Trying to connect topic to its spiritual implications Organization - Introduction has all key parts and ends with a clear thesis statement - Paragraphs exist (logical paragraph breaks used) Topics progress in logical order Transition words and phrases used - Voice & Word Choice - Formal tone of voice and word choice - Sounds like a scholastic researcher is writing the paper - No personal pronouns or casual language - Sentence Fluency - Quotes are integrated smoothly using some or all of the4 techniques used in class - Variety of sentence lengths and styles are employed - Conventions - Errors exist, but the paper is still readable (not a complete sloppy mess) - Attempt to use correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling - Key words like Jesus, Jesus’s, Bible, Christian, etc. are used appropriately - Presentation / MLA Formatting - Student is trying to use correct parenthetical citations for all evidence, though errors may exist in the way it is being cited - Paper is typed into the MLA template provided - Annotated bibliography included as last page - At least 4 entries on the bibliography are annotated
