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APA College Paper APA College Paper After viewing the short film, “The Imbalancing Act,” write a 400-500 word essay summarizing the short film. Include your response to the following questions in your summary. The paper must follow APA format and reference page is not included in word count. Rubric Code: UX9B824 By lporter2 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Psychology Type: Writing Grade Levels: Undergraduate

The Imbalancing Act
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Needs Improvement 10 pts	Unsatisfactory 5 pts
Quality of research 20 %	Excellent Cited 2 or more sources.. Sources reliable and properly cited. Ideas well organized and logically presented. All information included. Sufficient information provided to support all elements of topic. Research in-depth, revealing new insights gained.	Good Cited 2 sources -Sources mostly reliable. Citation errors minor. Adequate discussion of ideas included Sufficient information provided. Clear organization of main points and ideas.	Needs Improvement Cited 2 or less sources. Source reliability questionable. Information does interfere with ability of reader to find the source. Some information relevant to thesis. Information provided to support some elements of topic. Discussion not thorough, lack detail.	Unsatisfactory Failed to cite even 1 sources. Sources unreliable. Information interferes with ability of reader to understand paper. Irrelevant to thesis. Information does not support the topic.
Content 50 %	Excellent Paper includes detailed summary of short film. Addresses all assigned questions and is appropriate breadth for length of paper. Content relevant to purpose of paper Contains clear and concise abstract, subtitles, and resources page. Support for thesis complex, complete, & in-depth. 7 or more in text citations are used to support the thesis. Clear and appropriate organization, with effective transitions, introduction, and conclusion	Good Paper includes detailed summary of short film. Addresses most (4+ questions) assigned questions and is appropriate breadth for length of paper. Contains somewhat clear and concise abstract, subtitles, and resources page. Support for thesis sufficient, but lacking in depth or complexity. Less than 6 in text citations are used to support the thesis. Organization, transitions, introduction, and conclusion slightly lacking clarity and/or app	Needs Improvement Paper includes detailed summary of short film. Addresses some (3 or less) of assigned questions and is semi appropriate breadth for length of paper. of semi appropriate breadth for length of paper. Only 4 in text citations used to suand resources. Page Organization, transitions, introduction, and conclusion lacking clarity and/or appropriateness.	Unsatisfactory Paper unclear and includes no aspects of the short film, of inappropriate breadth for length of paper. Missing basic components of paper: introduction, body, conclusion and resources page. No organization, transitions,introduction, and poor conclusion.
Grammar and Mechanics 20 %	Excellent Consistent and appropriate writing style, there are no grammatical errors, there are no spelling errors. Appropriate punctuation used. Met all style and min/max page requirements	Good Fewer than 2 punctuation, or capitalization error Adequate sentence structure. Met most style and min/max page requirements	Needs Improvement Poor sentence structure and transitions, in grammar, punctuation and spelling. Capitalization errors. Attempted to meet style and/or min/max page requirements.	Unsatisfactory Topic inconsistent and inappropriate. More than 5 spelling errors. More than 5 errors in agreement, pronouns/antecedents, or tense. More than 5 punctuation or capitalization errors. Does not meet style and/or min/max page requirements.
Bibliography/ Resources 10 %	Excellent All sources properly cited in both paper. References used appropriately in paper, no errors in references, correct use of APA style references	Good All sources properly cited in both paper and references. References used appropriately but limited. Very few errors in format or punctuation.	Needs Improvement Not all sources properly cited in both paper and references. Errors in format or punctuation compromises the ideas of the paper.	Unsatisfactory Not all sources properly cited in both paper and references. Errors in reference, errors in APA style for reference. Format or punctuation make ideas unclear.

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