Content & Ideas

The assignment Ideas are not well Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are fully
was not submitted, developed or may somewhat developed, and developed, and
or the submitted fail to demonstrate developed, and demonstrate an demonstrate a
assignment was an understanding demonstrate some accurate significant and
not relevant to the of the task. Main understanding of understanding of accurate
task at hand. ideas, or the task. Main the task. Main understanding of
0points examples/details, point(s) and point(s) and the task. Main
may be obscure or examples/details supporting point(s) and
missing. may be included examples/details examples/ details
45points but not well are clear and easily are identifiable,
integrated. identifiable. clear, and engaging
53points 60points for the reader.
70points
Evidence & APA Format
The assignment When required, When required, When required, When required,
was not submitted, outside evidence outside evidence relevant outside compelling outside
or the submitted may be missing or may be minimal or evidence is evidence is
assignment lacked may fail to support may not fully included. It included; it is
evidence from claims. Paper may support claims. supports claims. seamlessly
outside sources not meet basic Paper may not Paper follows APA integrated into the
and APA requirements for follow APA format format with few paper to support
formatting. APA format. entirely or may errors in claims. Paper
0points 6.5points have errors in citation/style. follows APA
citation/style. 8.5points format with no
7.5points errors in citation or
style.
10points
Organization & Standards
The assignment The organization is The organization is The organization is The organization is
was not submitted, not effective for somewhat effective effective for the highly effective for
or the submitted the task, or there is for the task, task. The the task.
assignment a lack of although it may be organization is Organization
organized in an organization. loose or unclear. clear and logical. skillfully and
appropriate or Errors with There may be Transitions and logically builds
effective way transitions and some errors with connectors are support for the
given the task at connectors transitions and used appropriately. thesis. Transitions
hand. interfere with connectors. Paper Paper meets most and connectors are
0points comprehensibility. may not meet all requirements for used appropriately
Paper may not requirements for title, word count, and seamlessly
meet basic title, word count, spacing, etc. Paper meets
requirements for spacing, etc. 8.5points requirements for
title, word count, 7.5points title, word count,
spacing, etc. spacing, etc.
6.5points 10points
Usage & Mechanics
The assignment Linguistic Linguistic Linguistic features of Linguistic
was not features of the features of the the writing (syntax, features of the
submitted, or the writing (syntax, writing (syntax, usage, word form, writing (syntax,
submitted usage, word form, usage, word form, tone/register, spelling, usage, word form,
assignment was tone/register, tone/register, capitalization, tone/register,
not relevant to the spelling, spelling, punctuation, etc.) are spelling,
task at hand. capitalization, capitalization, effective. There may capitalization,
0points punctuation, etc.) punctuation, etc.) be a few errors, but punctuation, etc.)
are not effective. are somewhat they do not interfere are highly
Errors are very effective. The with the effective. There
distracting and/or errors may be comprehensibility of are no apparent
interfere greatly distracting and/or the message. The errors. The
with the interfere with the writing is very
comprehensibility comprehensibility writing is generally professional and
of the message. of the message. professional/academic. academic.
The writing is not The writing may 8.5points 10points
professional or not be
academic. professional or
6.5points academic.
7.5points