Research+Paper+Rubric

= = =Rubric =
 * || **Below Standard** || **Progressing to Standard** || **Meets Standard** || **Exceeds Standard** ||
 * **What is the challenge?**

10 points || Does not describe the environmental challenge that you have chosen for your topic. || Attempts to describe the environmental challenge that you have chosen for your topic. || Describes the environmental challenge that you have chosen for your topic. || Describes in detail the environmental challenge that you have chosen for your topic. ||
 * || **Below Standard** || **Progressing to Standard** || **Meets Standard** || **Exceeds Standard** ||
 * **What are its impacts?**

30 points || Explains the impact of the challenge on one or none of the following factors: social, legal, political, economic, health, ethical, cultural, ecological, and religious. || Explains the impact of the challenge on two of the following factors: social, legal, political, economic, health, ethical, cultural, ecological, and religious. || Explains the impact of the challenge on three of the following factors: social, legal, political, economic, health, ethical, cultural, ecological, and religious. || Explains the impact of the challenge on four or more of the following factors: social, legal, political, economic, health, ethical, cultural, ecological, and religious. ||
 * || **Below Standard** || **Progressing to Standard** || **Meets Standard** || **Exceeds Standard** ||
 * **What are some ways to overcome them?**

10 points || Does not propose a solution to the environmental challenge. || Proposes one solution to the environmental challenge. || Proposes two solutions to the environmental challenge. || Proposes multiple (3+) solutions to the environmental challenge. ||
 * || **Below Standard** || **Progressing to Standard** || **Meets Standard** || **Exceeds Standard** ||
 * **Which solution would you choose and why?**

10 points || Does not assess which solution you believe to be the most effective and beneficial to the situation. || Attempts to assess which solution you believe to be the most effective and beneficial to the situation. || Assesses which solution you believe to be the most effective and beneficial to the situation and gives one reason why. || Assesses which solution you believe to be the most effective and beneficial to the situation and gives multiple reasons why. ||

= = =Research Paper Checklist = _ Works Cited page with 6 sources cited _ An in-text citation present in each body paragraph _ 6-7 pages //(6 pages means getting to the BOTTOM of the 6th page)// _ typed _ Times New Roman (//including heading, page numbers, and works cited page)// _ 12 pt. font (//including heading, page numbers, and works cited page)// _ double-spaced throughout (//including heading and works cited page)// _1 inch margins _No extra spaces //(between heading & title and title & first paragraph, or between paragraphs)// _Last name & page number in upper right hand corner of each page _ Heading on first page includes:
 * 1 print source //(newspaper, magazine, book, etc.)//
 * 5 other
 * Name
 * Science Teacher name and period #
 * Date
 * Title, centered

=**Refer to this OFTEN! **= __Introduction (15)__ Hook – Immediately catches reader’s attention and relates to topic 0 1 2 3 4 5

Background – Information necessary for thesis to be understood 0 1 2 3 4 5

Thesis – Last sentence of paragraph clearly tells what the essay will prove 0 1 2 3 4 5

__Body Paragraphs (45)__ Topic Sentences – General statements that support thesis and introduce topics present with each paragraph; each topic sentence includes a transition; no details 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Evidence – Fact(s), detail(s), quote(s), example(s) that supports topic sentences; evidence comes from credible and reliable sources; in-texts citations follow each piece of evidence 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

Explanation – Explains significance of evidence and how it relates to topic sentence 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

__Conclusion (15)__ Reword Thesis 0 1 2 3 4 5

Summarize main points 0 1 2 3 4 5

Call to Action -- Tell what you want the reader to think, know or do 0 1 2 3 4 5

__Style (10)__ Word choice and voice are appropriate for an academic paper 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

__Conventions (10)__ Grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation within the essay 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

__MLA Format (25)__ In-text citations formatted correctly; each item listed on the works cited page is cited within the text 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Citations on works cited page formatted correctly 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

__Total__ __120__

//Your total score will be weighted by a multiplier of 1.5. In effect, it will count as a 180 point assignment, even though the score that appears in the gradebook will be out of 120.//