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Content

Your sources are interesting and they are all clearly related to your topic.

Your sources are interesting and most are clearly related to your topic.

Your sources cover your topic, but they are less interesting and the relationship to your paper is less clear.

Few, if any, of your sources are related to your topic.  You seem to have no real interest in your paper.

Relative Importance to Subject

You select a variety of research sources that are all written at the appropriate level for this paper’s purpose.  The connection between your sources and your topic are clear.  The time period in which they were written is appropriate.

You select a variety of research sources and most are written at the appropriate level for this paper’s purpose.  In most cases the connection between your source and the topic is clear.  The time period in which they were written is for the most part appropriate.

The sources you

selected are less varied, but most are written at the appropriate level for this project’s purpose.  At times the connection between the sources and your topic is unclear.  The time period in which they were written is sometimes outdated or does not apply to present day.

You select mostly

one source type (i.e., Internet sites, books, etc.) and few are written at the appropriate level for this project ’s

purpose.  Quite often the connection is unclear if there is one at all.  The time period in which they were written is often outdated or no longer pertains to the issue.

Annotation

You clearly

summarize the main

idea of each of your

sources and can

make an explicit

connection to your

argument

You clearly

summarize the main

idea of each of your

sources and can

make an explicit

connection to your

argument for most

sources.

You clearly

summarize the main

idea of each of your

sources, but their

connection to your

argument is less

apparent.

You try to

summarize your

sources, but have

trouble focusing on

the main idea. You

make little or no attempt to connect your sources to your argument.

Conventions

You correctly cite at

least six sources

using the APA style

described in class. 

You correctly cite at

least six sources

using the APA style

described in class

and there are a few

errors.

You cite less than six sources and try to use APA style described in class, but have some

difficulty.

You cite fewer than

six sources using

your own citation

style or use APA style but there are many errors