iRubric: Essay Outline Rubric

Title is original, creative, and is pertinent to the material.

Title is original and is pertinent to material.

Title shows little originality or creativity and/or does not pertain to topic.

Title needs serious work as it has no relation to topic.

The outline contains a minimum of three supporting claims with very precise, detailed information/evidence (2+) for each supporting point that is essential to the topic, in addition to including commentary (2+) - specific sources identified with APA parenthetical documentation. Includes a counter argument section.

The outline contains sufficient 2+ information/evidence for each of the three supporting claims and includes attributions to sources with proper MLA parenthetical documentation and 2+ commentary for each supporting point, though one or two errors may appear. Includes a counter argument section.

The outline includes weak information/evidence related to the topic, but may not include three supporting claims each with 2+ pieces of commentary, elaborating or expanding upon essential information which is
attributed the sources and may not use proper APA parenthetical documentation. Counter argument inadequate

The outline includes
insufficient and/or
inappropriate information and commentary and does not include any
attribution to sources. Counter argument missing or inadequate.