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ESSAY 3 ROUGH DRAFT RUBRIC
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Score
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- Rough draft is fairly well developed beyond the five-paragraph foundation.
- The introduction sets up clear context for the discussion.
- The thesis identifies the central controversy without taking a position.
- The topic sentences are clear and logical for the assignment, with clear keywords that identify the parts of the assignment, and the paper structure is clear.
- Sources are used appropriately; summary, paraphrase, and quotation are clear.
- No unnecessary quotations are present and all quotations are set up well and integrated.
- The paper offers some insight into the current status of the controversy and the major voices within it.
- Research here is valid and the sources are appropriate to college-level papers.
- APA is used here, and the paper is relatively free of grammatical errors.
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17-20
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Write a brief two- or three-sentence response for each of the following questions:
- What strategy do you think you'll use to construct an introduction?
- Describe the kinds of evidence or support the essay will offer.
- How would you describe the essay's organization?
- How do you anticipate concluding the essay with strength?
- In what ways do you anticipate holding your reader's attention?