Sunday, February 13, 2011

Grading Rubric

1.) Is your paper formatted correctly? Does it have…
5-7 pages?
double spacing?
size 12 font, Times New Roman?
a proper Works Cited Page (more on that below)?
a proper heading?
correct grammar and punctuation?
a good flow?

35 points total


2.) Does it have a section on…

important places and buildings of the religion
how the religion began?
the main beliefs of the religion?
the main rituals of the religion?
who are its' most important leaders and people?
the history of the religion?
where people practice this religion?
How many people practice this religion?

40 points


3.) Citation: Do you have…

proper in-text citation (use the OWL for that)?
a Works Cited Page (use the OWL for that template)?

25 points

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  2. 1.) Here is what a proper in-text citation looks like…

    Follow the link...

    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/2/

    It also comes from the OWL at Purdue.

    *** Go to Electronic Sources to learn how to cite on-line articles.


    2.) Here is a sample of what a proper research paper looks like…

    Follow the link...

    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

    It was pulled from the OWL at Purdue University on 21 Sep 2010.


    3.) Follow this link. Remember, we are learning MLA (Modern Language Association) citation. Click on the MLA option.
    This link will show you how to create a proper Works Cited Page for each type of source (EX: book by one author, internet article, article from a periodical that was downloaded, holy books, etc). It will also show you how, exactly, to do in text citation for each type of source.

    4.) Here is what a proper Works Cited Page looks like…

    Follow the link...

    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/

    It shows you what a Works Cited Page should look like.



    HOMEWORK

    Your homework is for each individual student to...

    1.) complete a heading, with a title.


    2.) create one page of research with at least one book citation and at least one internet in text citation,

    3.) show that you have started creating a Works Cited Page with at least two sources (you should the same two sources you use for in text citation),

    4.) and email that to me before 10:00 p.m. on Sunday evening.

    My email, in case you forgot, is

    mtgibby1985@gmail.com

    Jia you!

    Mr. Gibson

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