ESSAY 3 ROUGH DRAFT RUBRIC

Score

• Rough draft is fairly well developed beyond the five-paragraph foundation.
• The introduction sets up clear context for the discussion.
• The thesis identifies the central controversy without taking a position.
• The topic sentences are clear and logical for the assignment, with clear keywords that identify the parts of the assignment, and the paper structure is clear.
•  Sources are used appropriately; summary, paraphrase, and quotation are clear.
• No unnecessary quotations are present and all quotations are set up well and integrated. 
• The paper offers some insight into the current status of the controversy and the major voices within it.
• Research here is valid and the sources are appropriate to college-level papers.
• APA is used here, and the paper is relatively free of grammatical errors.

17-20