Wikipedia:School and university projects/ENTO 431/Ento 431 Writing Assignment Rubric

Grading Rubric Wikipedia Writing Assignment 100 Points

Format (25 pts):

______ Paper is on one some aspect of forensic entomology, and was approved (5 pts)

______ Paper is 10 paragraphs in length of actual writing, double spaced, 12 point font, and reasonable margins (no more than 1.5 inches) (5 pts)

______ Paper includes title, introduction, at least 8body paragraphs, conclusion, and bibliography (5 pts)

______There are no grammatical/spelling errors throughout the paper (10 pts) Content (75 pts)

______ Introduction summarizes the subject and adequately introduces the paper (5 pts)

______Conclusion sums up the paper without ending abruptly (5 pts)

______In-paper citations are present and used correctly according to Wikipedia format(10 pts)

______ Bibliography includes at least 3 primary and 3 secondary resources, and is formatted correctly according to Wikipedia format (10 pts)

______ Body of the paper encompasses all reasonably researched information on the subject. Paper should conform to Wikipedia writing standards (should be in encyclope-dia format) and explore chosen subject in adequate detail. (Note: “adequate detail” means I shouldn’t be able to do a quick literature search and find information not in-cluded in the paper. I want you to search current and past literature, books, newspa-pers, websites, etc. and summarize all the information you find into an easy-to-read and understand paper. If you are missing major bits of information, or have included incor-rect information without citations to back up your findings, you will lose points here). (35 pts)

_____Body includes a section on “current” or “future” research that touches on any on-going investigations in chosen area which may not be published yet, or are in the proc-ess of being published. (10 pts)



Ways to Lose Points

______ Minus 10 points per day late (-10 pts)

______ Evidence of plagiarism found (-90 pts)

______ More than 2 direct quotes in the paper, minus 10 points per extra quote (-10 pts)