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Ethics Final Research Paper Rubric

Rubric Code: W22B84A

By skwame

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Subject: Humanities

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Position Paper Rubric
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 5 pts	Good 8 pts	Great 10 pts
Explanation of Issue	Poor Does not contain a clear explanation	Fair contains a partial explanation of the issue/event, is unclear at points, lacking factual support.	Good Contains an explanation of the issue or event, but may not always be clear or contain full factual support	Great Fully explains what the issue is about using fact support claims.
Real examples of issue	Poor Does not explain the exampls	Fair Contains an explanation, but is missing significant information	Good Contains an explanation, but may be lacking some fact-based information	Great Fully explains two examples of the issue using fact-based analysis and connects them to the ethical concerns and/or text analysis
Ethical concerns	Poor Does not present ethical concerns	Fair describes, but does not analyze ethical concerns.	Good analyzes and concludes on general ethical concerns, but may be lacking some points	Great Fully analyzes and makes conclusions about general ethical concerns--who is impacted, what is the right and wrong of the issue
Textbook Analysis	Poor Does not include text book analysis	Fair vaguely discusses 1-2 examples of philosophies from the text book	Good Fully explains and analyzes one philosophy from the text, or explains two in little depth.	Great Fully explains two philosophies from the textbook related to the issue, including analysis of how the philosophy would explain the right and wrong sides of the issue.
Analysis	Poor Analysis not present	Fair Interpretation is more descriptive than analytical	Good Student interpretation present, but not as in depth	Great Student interprets the connections between the issue, examples, and multiple ethical concerns skillfully and in depth, based on fact.
Elaboration	Poor Little or no elaboration/explanation.	Fair Some explanation and interpretation.	Good Adequately presents information, but may not be as in depth.	Great Skillfully presents detailed information with clear conclusions throughout the paper.
Grammar	Poor The essay lacks editing and review. It has distracting fragments/run-ons, usage errors, spelling. (More than 5 per page)	Fair The essay has several errors. Needs editing. (Less than 5 per page)	Good The grammar in this essay is good. Few errors. (Less than 3 per page)	Great The grammar is excellent. There are little to no mistakes.
MLA format/Citations	Poor More than 6 errors in MLA form and no citations.	Fair 3-5 errors in MLA form and citations to back up some assertions.	Good Only 1-2 errors in MLA form and citations to back up most assertions.	Great All MLA is correct and there are citations to back up every assertion.
Writing guidelines	Poor Writing guidelines not followed. (skip lines, front only, ink, etc)	Fair Several guidelines not followed.	Good Almost all guidelines followed.	Great Guidelines followed.
Powerpoint/presentation	Poor Student does not present	Fair Presentation has less than 4 slides, or has too much text/pictures. Student often presents too quickly/slowly, quietly/loudly, or does not maintain eye contact. Student reads off of the board instead of preparing materials ahead of time.	Good Presentation has 4-5 slides, but may contain too much text or pictures. At times, student presents too quickly/slowly, quietly/loudly, or occasionally does not maintain eye contact. Student may be less prepared to present.	Great Presentation has at least 5 slides containing concise text explanation of main points, and appropriate pictures. Student presents with good pace, volume, and eye contact. It is evident student has prepared to present by having cards/notes

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