Four
Annotated Article Essay Grading Sheet—Five Paragraph
Essay
Essay
Fulfills All Assignment Requirements
___________
·
Font,
spacing, etc.
·
Link
to the Assignment
Attention
to Organization (Unity and Coherence) ___________
- A clear, easily located thesis.
- Body paragraphs follow the “map” of the thesis.
- Clear, easily located topic sentences in the body
paragraphs.
- Overall unity and coherence of the paper.
Attention
to Development (Completeness) ____________
- A
comfortable, engaging introduction
- Paragraph
Integrity (unity, coherence,
completeness)
o
Sufficient
quantity and quality of overall support.
o
Sufficient
quantity and quality of details in body paragraphs.
- A
comfortable and appropriate conclusion.
Attention
to Mechanics _______________
- Absence of major errors such as sentence fragments,
comma splices, run-ons, subject-verb agreement, and pronoun agreement.
- Absence of punctuation, spelling, and diction errors.
- Absence of commonly confused words errors.
- Absence of other errors such as shifts, awkward
structures, modifiers, etc.
Attention
to Revision and Format (APA or MLA) _______________
- Paper conforms exactly to general MLA
guidelines—margins, line spacing, citations
- In-text citations present and handled properly
- Sources page presented according to required format (if
requested)
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