iRubric: Research Essay rubric

Introduction attempts to introduce topic. Points are not obvious.

Introduction introduces topic but is wordy or too specific.

Introduction is concise and introduces topic in a general but interesting way.

Conclusion may be attempted, but does not summarize or restate thesis.

Conclusion provides a summary of supporting points: it is wordy or does not restate the thesis.

Conclusion is concise and summarizes supporting points: restates the thesis in a new way.

Flow of writing is hard to follow.
Some minor grammatical errors.
Some errors detract from the flow of paper.

Some errors found but they do not detract from the flow of the paper.
The writing is generally clear, but some sentence structure or vocabulary usage problems.

Few or no errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Strong vocabulary and sentence structure.
Writing is clear and easy to understand.