Research Papers and Essays
Name: ___________________ Teacher:
Date : ___________________ Title of Work: ___________________
 
Criteria
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Doing research or assigned reading for a research paper or essay.
Spent limited time on research using 2 sources from Internet only. Didn't complete assigned reading on time or had to reminded to do assigned reading. 1 point
Spent a little less than necessary time on research using 3 resources: 2 Internet and 1 other source. Completed assigned reading on time, but had to be reminded to do assigned reading. 2 points
Spent just enough time necessary on research using 4 resources: 2 Internet and 2 other sources. Completes assigned reading on time without being reminded to do assigned reading and can give a quick summary of the material covered in the reading assignment. 3 points
Spent more time than necessary on research to gain a deeper understanding of the topic using more than 4 resources from various sources. Is entirely self-motivated to complete assigned reading on time and can discuss in detail the material covered in the reading assignment. 4 points
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Grammar, format, and spelling.
The final body of work had major grammar, spelling, and formatting errors. 1 point
The final body of work had 3-5 grammar, spelling, and formatting errors. 2 points
The final body of work had 1-2 grammar, spelling, and formatting errors. 3 points
the final body of work was free of grammar, spelling, formatting errors. 4 points
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Creativity
Body of work showed little to no creativity and contained 3 or more banned words. Student put forth little effort into making the body of work interesting for the reader. 1 point
Body of work contained a small amount of creativity with 1 or 2 descriptive words and only contained 1 or 2 banned words. 2 points
Body of work was creative and used strong, descriptive words to keep the reader interested and engaged and only contained 1 banned word. 3 points
Body of work was creative and used a variety of strong, descriptive words while completely avoiding banned words. Writing comes from the heart and it is obvious that the writer put forth his best effort.
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Attitude towards the assignment
Complained about or avoided doing the research or reading necessary to complete the writing assignment. 1 point
Complained about, but did not avoid doing the research or reading necessary to complete the writing assignment. 2 points
Did not complain about or avoid doing the research or reading necessary to complete the writing assignment. 3 points
Was completely self-motivated to do the research or reading necessary to complete the writing assignment while maintaining a positive attitude. 4 points
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Presentation
Final draft is sloppy and important details are overlooked. 1 point
Some effort was put in to make the final draft look nice, but some important details are overlooked. 2 points
Final draft is neat and most important details are taken care of. 3 points
Final draft is very neat, important details are taken care of, and visual aids or art work are added. 4 points
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