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CATEGORY

8

6

4

1

Topic

Clearly stated & appropriately focused.

Clearly stated but focus could have been sharper.

Topic stated not appropriately focused.

No topic.

Quality of Information

Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.

Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples.

Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given.

Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.

Organization

Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings.

Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs.

Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed.

The information appears to be disorganized. 8)

Paragraph Construction

All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.

Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.

Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well.

Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs.

Mechanics

No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.

Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.

Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.

Sources

All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in APA format.

All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in APA format.

All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in APA format.

Some sources are not accurately documented.

Notes

Notes are recorded and organized in an extremely neat and orderly fashion in Notestar with more than 5 per week in your own words.

Notes are recorded in Notestar and are somewhat organized with 5 per week.

Some notes are recorded but not in Notestar.

Notes are not recorded.

Title Page

You have properly formatted the title page with no graphics.

You have almost properly formatted the title page.

You need to refine your format for the title page.

You have not used the given format for the title page.

Annotated Bibliography

You have 6 annotated sources in APA format listed on your Annotated Bibliography page at the end.

You have 5 annotated sources in APA format listed on your Annotated Bibliography page at the end.

You have less than 4 sources in APA format listed on your Annotated Bibliography page at the end, which are not annotated.

You have included an annotated bibliography.