Total Project   =   150 points

Process   (project check-points)

  5             Thesis, Outline, Notebook of Resources

  5             Draft, Notebook of Resources

 10            Final Paper, Notebook of Resources (incl. draft & draft grading worksheet)

+ 5            Meeting with lead teacher or other faculty during the process

Notebook of Resources

10             Do you have the proper number and type of sources (and/or a signed statement of permission for an exception)?

15             Have you included properly completed citation and bibliographic post-its for each source?

  5             Is your Notebook well-organized (sources 3-hole punched, in alpha order and/or ordered to match Works Cited/Consulted
                 list, etc.)?

  5             Are your sources marked and/or highlighted in some way to indicate that material was carefully read?

10             Have you annotated your Works Cited/Works Consulted list for your rough draft?

Paper

  5             Title
            Does your title capture your reader's interest and clearly present the purpose of your paper (per the lead teacher's  
            instruction)?

  5             Introduction
            Is your introduction engaging?
            Does it lead your reader from general to specific?
            Does it lead to and concluded with your thesis?

10             Thesis
            Does it clearly state your argument?
            Is that argument original, supportable and specific?

  5             Background
            Does your background paragraph concisely contextualize your argument?

25             Content
            Do you have specific examples with analysis (at least two per paragraph) to support your argument?

15             Citations
            Do you have correctly MLA formatted in-text citations?
            Do you have a correctly MLA formatted listing of the sources you have consulted and/or cited?
            Have you cited from at least three of the works you consulted?

15             Mechanics & Structure
            Does your paper follow the assigned 6-paragraph structure?
            Are your pages properly formatted?
            Did you include a title page?
            Did you include a Works Cited/Works Consulted page (annotated for the draft, not annotated for the final paper)
            Was your paper carefully proofread for spelling and grammatical errors?

  5             Conclusion
            Does it restate your thesis in new words?
            Does it recap the arguments made in support of your thesis?
            Does it bring your paper to a solid and graceful conclusion?

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