iRubric: Annotated MLA Works Cited rubric

1-2 sources, writer may need additional sources to complete research

3-5 sources; sources chosen are highly relevant to the topic

Evaluation does not:
clearly explain why the sources were chosen;
fails to adequately describe format/type of source;
fails to evaluate and give evidence for author's degree of authority;
fails to adequately evaluate source (sponsoring organizations, publishers, etc.);
fails to adequately discuss other necessary evaluation criteria (audience, objectivity, currency, accuracy, reliability/relevance, purpose/point of view);
sources are not very reliable wit

Evaluation sometimes:
explains why the sources were chosen; gave inadequate description of the format/type of the source;
evaluated and gave some evidence for author’s degree of authority;
evaluated source (sponsoring organizations, publishers, etc.if present);
discussed some necessary evaluation criteria (audience, objectivity, currency, accuracy, reliability/relevance, and purpose/point of view)

Evaluation clearly:
described the format/type of the source;
explains why the sources were chosen;
evaluated and gave evidence for author’s degree of authority;
evaluated source (sponsoring organizations, publishers, etc. if known);
discussed other necessary evaluation criteria (audience, objectivity, accuracy, reliability/relevance, and purpose/point of view)

Works cited sources are formatted to MLA specifications with many errors

Works cited sources are formatted to MLA specifications with minimal errors

Works cited sources are formatted to MLA specifications exactly