iRubric: The Mini-Research Paper rubric

-- Thesis is complex, complete, and in-depth with supporting details.
-- Supporting details demonstrate reading comprehension, writing fluency, and the ability to analyze and synthesize information.
-- Organizational structure is clear and contains a title, introduction, history of topic, 3 rationales, conclusion, and Works Cited.
-- Maintains the effective use of transitions and a variety of sentence types.
-- Met page requirements of 4 to 5 pages.

-- Thesis is complete with supporting details.
-- Supporting details mostly demonstrate reading comprehension, writing fluency, and the ability to analyze and synthesize information.
-- Organizational structure is mostly clear and contains a title, introduction, history of topic, 3 rationales, conclusion, and Works Cited.
-- Mostly maintains the effective use of transitions and a variety of sentence types.
-- Almost met the page requirements; submitted 3 pages.

-- Thesis missing some supporting details.
-- Supporting details sometimes demonstrate reading comprehension, writing fluency, and the ability to analyze and synthesize information.
-- Organizational structure is somewhat clear and contains a title, introduction, history of topic, 3 rationales, conclusion, and/or Works Cited.
-- Sometimes maintains the effective use of transitions and a variety of sentence types.
-- Did not meet the page requirements; submitted two pages.

-- Thesis non-existent
-- Supporting details rarely, if ever, demonstrate reading comprehension, writing fluency, and the ability to analyze and synthesize information.
-- Organizational structure is unclear and is missing a title, introduction, history of topic, 3 rationales, conclusion, and/or Works Cited.
-- Rarely, if ever, uses transitions and a variety of sentence types.
-- Did not meet the page requirements; submitted one page.

-- Contains few, if any, errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
-- These errors do not interfere with the reader’s understanding of the writing.

-- Contains 4 errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
-- These errors rarely interfere with the reader’s understanding of the writing.

-- Contains 5 errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
-- These errors sometimes interfere with the reader’s understanding of the writing.

-- Contains 6 or more errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
-- These errors mostly interfere with the reader’s understanding of the writing.