11 CP/H Research Project Rubric
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Teacher Name: Ms. Haupt
Student Name: _______________________________________ Period:_______Date:__________
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Organization:
Overall grasp
of subject,
Introduction,
Conclusion, Title
Information is
logically organized
and demonstrates a
thorough
understanding of
the topic.
Information is
logically organized
and a suitable
understanding of
the topic.
Information is
organized but
demonstrates a
minimal
understanding of
the topic.
Information is not
organized and
demonstrates a
minimal
understanding of
the topic.
X5
Quality of Info:
Use of good sources
and adequate
information
Paper is informative
and demonstrates
thorough research,
reflection, and a
variety of quality
sources.
Paper is somewhat
informative &
reflective and
demonstrates a
good variety of
sources.
Paper is somewhat
informative &
reflective but
demonstrates a
poor quality of
sources.
Paper is not very
informative or
reflective,
demonstrates poor
quality of sources,
and/or is mostly
opinion.
X5
Focus:
Deductive writing
from one main point.
Writing exhibits a
single clear focus
and development of
ideas from the
thesis.
Writing exhibits a
clear focus but
tends to shift away
from the thesis at
times.
Writing exhibits
unclear focus and
often shifts away
from the thesis.
Writing exhibits no
focus and
constantly shifts
away from the
thesis.
X5
Paragraph
Construction
All paragraphs
include introductory
sentence,
explanations or
details, and
concluding
sentence.
Most paragraphs
include introductory
sentence,
explanations or
details, and
concluding
sentence.
Some paragraphs
include related
information but
were typically not
constructed well.
Paragraphing
X4
structure was not
clear and sentences
were not typically
related within the
paragraphs.
Mechanics
No grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors.
A couple of
grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors
A few grammatical, Many grammatical,
spelling, or
spelling, or
punctuation errors. punctuation errors.
Works Cited
Information:
Modern Language
Association (MLA)
All sources are
accurately
documented in MLA
format, in
alphabetical order,
and a title is
present.
All sources are
accurately
documented in MLA
format but not in
alphabetical order
or there may be no
title.
All sources are
accurately
documented in
MLA format but not
in alphabetical
order and there
may be no title.
Sources are not
X2
accurately
documented in MLA
format, not in
alphabetical order
and there may be
no title.
Parenthetical
Citation:
Correct citation of
information related to
research
Parenthetical
Citation is accurate
and evident
throughout the
essay. Connects to
Works Cited.
Parenthetical
Citation is evident
throughout the
essay. Connects to
Works Cited.
Parenthetical
Citation is evident
but not consistent
throughout the
paper. Minimal
connection to
Works Cited.
Parenthetical
X2
Citation is
inconsistent. No
connection to Works
Cited is evident.
CATEGORY
X2