Instruction
RUBRIC 40 Point Exam Questions
CATEGORY
Above Standards
Meets Standards
Approaching Standards
Below Standards
Quality of Information
Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.
12 points
Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples.
9 points
Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given.
6 points
Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
0 points
Organization
Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings.
6 points
Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs.
4 points
Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed.
3 points
The information appears to be disorganized.
0 points
Sources
All sources are accurately documented using MLA format.
5 points
All sources are accurately documented, but a few are not in MLA.
4 points
All sources are accurately documented, but many are not in MLA format.
3 points
Some sources are not accurately documented.
0 points
Mechanics
No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
5 points
Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
4 points
A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.
3 points
Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
0 points
Amount of Information
All topics are addressed and all questions answered using at least 270 words.
12 points
All topics are addressed and most questions answered using between 200 and 250 words.
9 points
All topics are addressed, and most questions answered using fewer than 150 words.
6 points
One or more topics were not addressed.
0 points
The Topics could be in reference to he readings Dante's Inferno, The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli or Medieval renaissance Italy