Rubric for Do You Deserve to Graduate.

Steps to the Paper

What is your definition of success?

Have you written a journal entry?

Have you outlined your essay?

Have you written a useful prospectus (draft)?

Have you interviewed a subject?

Have you selected references to poetry and literature?

Have you found a quote from your own work?

Have you found references to modern sources?

Have you included those references smoothly, so that they support your point?

Have you compiled all of those sources into a Bibliography or a Works Cited page?

Have you proofread your paper for common errors of grammar and usage?

Checklist:

These items must be present for the paper to be graded. If any of these elements is missing, the paper will be returned ungraded and a 0 will be entered.

__ 2500 words typed

__ No glaring errors in mechanics (spelling, punctuation, capitalization)

__ Line notes and use of MLA mechanics

__ Interview included

__ Bibliography included

__ Reference to poem, work of literature, previous piece of writing, and other references

__ Honest work.

Grading

	95	85	75	20
Introduction and conclusion	Interesting, creative, and clear	Interesting and clear	Clear	Not clear and dull
Organization/points	Interesting points made clearly ( <6)	Less interesting points made clearly (>6)	Clear points (>4)	No clear points
Source information	Clear, Interesting and Creative Source (<6)	Interesting and Clear source (>6)	Clear source material (>4)	No source material doesnπt support
Language	Interesting, clear, and sophisticated word choice clearly ( <6)	Clear and sophisticated word choice(>6)	Clear word choice(>4)	Words are not carefully chosen
Quotes	Quotes are integrated seamlessly clearly ( <6)	Most Quotes are integrated well(>6)	Some quotes are integrated (>4)	Quotes are not used well
Thoughtful	Goes to a deep, honest, and universal point.	Goes to a deep point.	Logic and emotion are shallow	Paper is trite and dishonest