Research Log:  entries about how much time you are spending doing your research and what you are finding

Good                 Comments:
Adequate
Fair
Incomplete

Notecards:  or slips of paper that indicate the information you’ve collected for your paper

Good                 Comments:
Adequate
Fair
Incomplete

Annotating Cards:  or slips of paper that indicate the bibliographic information and skimming notes you made

Good                  Comments:
Adequate
Fair
Incomplete

List of Titles:  the original list of sources you found in your library search

Good                  Comments:
Adequate
Fair
Incomplete

List of the BEST Sources:  the ones you isolated after skimming the bigger list

Good                  Comments:
Adequate
Fair
Incomplete

OVERALL GRADE FOR PRE-WRITING ACTIVITIES: 

Comments:

Focus:  clearly stated argument found in the introductory pages

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Development: 

• Comprehensiveness (enough good sources)
• Strong reasoning from writer
• Rebuttals handled well
• Introduction contains background information (such as history, definitions, information needed to understand the arg.)
• In-text citation done well
• Language used and amount of development reflect respect for audience
• Length of paragraphs is good

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Organization:

• transitions made from one argument to the next
• introduction contains the background information
• the overall order of the argument is good
• the internal ordering of individual paragraphs is good

 
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Style: 

• the language is academic/formal
• sentence patterns are varied

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Mechanics:

• block quotes are correctly cited
• use of ellipses and brackets is correct
• introduction of sources done properly (signal phrases)
• references cited correctly using MLA formatting

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OVERALL GRADE FOR FIRST VERSION:

Comments: