Rubric for Summary of a science article
Difficulty 3
Content 2
Grammar,
Punctuation, &
Spelling 1
Structure 2
Readability 2
Total 10
You must attach a photocopy of the article to your summary. If it is an online journal it must also print out the sidebars. Do NOT rip articles out of magazines and attached them. If it is your magazine give me the whole magazine.
The article needs to be a minimum of 4 pages long with the majority of the those pages as text.
The article's topic can be any topic that is in your textbook and it should be within the last 3 yrs.
Rubric for an Position Paper
| Content | 3 |
| GP&S | 2 |
| Structure | 3 |
| Readability | 2 |
| Total | 10 |
No bibliography -1.0
or
incorrect format -.5
-> from final grade
What you'll see on your paper
Restructure -.5 S
? -.3 R
syntax -.3 G
¶ -.4 S
NC -.3 R
WW -.2 G
spell -.3 G
wk intro -.5 S
wk concl -.3 S
no intro/concl -1.0 S
choppy -.3 R
transition -.3 S
ref -.3 S
Lost me -.3 R
NAS -.3 S
ROS -.3 S
Folks here are some things to remember. (2 yr. limit for article, except
ones on gemstones)
1. I am the audience
2. If article is content heavy - be general
3. Have your paper proofed by someone.
4. In this article - ugh!! It is not wrong but ...
5. Avoid using quotes, especially in the conclusion and introduction.
6. DO NOT write like you talk. a) dangling participles, b) redundant,
c) they (referent), d) extra words
7. Plagiarism- I
read all the articles so it is easy for me to catch you. Changing one (1)
or two (2) words in a sentence is still plagiarism. Check this link too