World History



AP World History Mr. Hamilton

Sophomore Special Interest Research Paper - Rubric

|Essay Element |Excellent (A) |Good (B) |Fair (C) |Poor (D) |Unacceptable (F) |

|Introduction |Provides strong topic background;|Provides solid topic background; |Provides some topic background; |Brief; topic hardly introduced; |Limited or no intro; topic not |

| |4-5 sentences; flows seamlessly |3-4 sentences; flows into thesis |gets to thesis |awkwardly leads to thesis |introduced |

| |into thesis statement |statement | | | |

|Thesis |Very clearly and directly |Clearly and directly presents |Presents argument; exhibits |Weak thesis; hardly, or does not,|Thesis is missing |

| |presents analytical argument; |argument; exhibits some |little complexity |address topic | |

| |exhibits complexity |complexity | | | |

|Descriptive Portion of the Paper |Provides a very thorough, |Provides a thorough, relevant, |Provides some relevant, accurate |Provides limited background |Provides little or no background |

| |relevant, and accurate review of |and accurate review of 1-2 major |background material relating to |material; questionable relevance |material relating to topic |

| |several major issues relating to |issues relating to topic |topic |to topic | |

| |topic | | | | |

|Analytical Portion of the Paper |Provides a very thoughtful, |Provides a reasoned, |Provides a fairly reasoned, |Provides a poorly reasoned, |Provides unreasonably and/or |

| |reasoned, well-supported argument|well-supported argument that |somewhat supported argument that |weakly supported argument that |unsupported argument that does |

| |that answers the research |answers the research question |partially answers the research |fails to answer the research |not answer the research question |

| |question | |question |question | |

|Conclusion |Thoughtfully reviews all major |Reviews all major points of |Reviews most major points of |Reviews some major points of |Brief; hardly reviews ideas; |

| |points of argument; does not |argument; does not restate thesis|argument; does not restate thesis|argument; basically restates |takes ideas to places not |

| |restate thesis | | |thesis |mentioned earlier in essay |

|Logic/Flow |Argument is well shaped by |Argument is generally shaped by |Argument is somewhat supported by|Argument is loosely supported by |Argument is not supported by |

| |reasoned evidence & thoughtful |reasoned evidence & thoughtful |quotes/references; not all |quotes/references; few |quotes/references; |

| |quotes and paraphrases; ideas |quotes and paraphrases; ideas |quotes/references prove intended |quotes/references prove intended |quotes/references do not prove |

| |flow well w/in sentences, w/in |generally flow w/in sentences, |point; most ideas flow w/in |point; some ideas flow w/in |intended point; few ideas flow |

| |paragraphs, and between |w/in paragraphs, and between |sentences; some ideas flow w/in |sentences; some ideas flow w/in |w/in sentences; few ideas flow |

| |paragraphs |paragraphs |paragraph; some ideas flow |paragraph; some ideas flow |w/in paragraph; few ideas flow |

| | | |between paragraphs |between paragraphs |between paragraphs |

|Mechanics |Excellent spelling, grammar, and |Good spelling, grammar, and |Fair spelling, grammar, and |Poor spelling, grammar, and |Abysmal spelling, grammar, and |

| |punctuation; 2 or fewer errors |punctuation; 3-8 errors |punctuation; approx 9-15 errors |punctuation; approx 15-25 errors |punctuation; 25+ errors |

|Citations |ALL citations correctly placed & |Most citations in correct format;|Some citations in correct format;|Few citations are correct; 8-11 |No citations or totally incorrect|

| |correctly formatted |3 or fewer errors |4-7 errors |errors |formatting |

|Overall Format |Title, page length, page setup, |Title, page length, page setup, |Title, page length, page setup, |Title, page length, page setup, |Title, page length, page setup, |

| |bibliography, etc. are ALL |bibliography, etc. are almost all|bibliography, etc. are somewhat |bibliography, etc. are rarely |bibliography, etc. missing or not|

| |included exactly as required in |included exactly as required in |included as required in MLA |included as required; 1 or 2 |following proper requirements |

| |MLA format |MLA format |format |items missing | |

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