Research Paper 2 Proposal Requirements
Students must submit a hardcopy of a research proposal for their final research paper. The proposal must include a brief overview of the topic as well as the tentative main argument (up to 1.5 pages, double-spaced). The proposal must also include an annotated bibliography. Students must use at least 4 scholarly sources. Citations should be in MLA format. Please see below for grading details.[unique_solution]
Topic Overview: 40 pts
| Organization | Clarity | Support | Grammar/Language |
| Structure | logical writing | Relationship of | diction, style, grammar |
| argument to | |||
| other work in | |||
| the field | |||
| Presentation | clear argument | analysis, | proper use of quotes |
| description | |||
| Page Count | transitions, | MLA citations | |
| focus | |||
| 10 points | 10 points | 10 points | 10 points |
Annotated Bibliography : 60 pts
Assessment Rubric for Annotated Bibliography
| CATEGORY | A | B | C | D | F |
| Evaluation | Most | Evaluation | Evaluation | Evaluation | |
| Evaluations | clearly explains | evaluations | sometimes | mostly lacking | does not |
| why the sources | explain why the | explains why | in explaining | explain why | |
| were chosen; | sources were | the sources | why the | the sources | |
| demonstrates a | chosen; | were chosen; | sources were | were chosen; | |
| clear | Understands the | demonstrates | chosen; | demonstrates | |
| 20 pts. | understanding | process of | some | demonstrates | no |
| of research | source | understanding | little | understandin | |
| process: offers | acquisition | of research | understanding | g of research | |
| insight into | process | of research | process | ||
| source | process | ||||
| All sources are | Most sources | Some sources | Few sources | Sources lack | |
| Quality | from credible, | are from | are from | are from | credibility |
| /Reliability | scholarly | credible, | credible, | credible, | |
| of Sources | materials, | scholarly | scholarly | scholarly | |
| (except popular | materials | materials | materials | ||
| opinion | (except popular | (except | (except | ||
| 10 pts. | critiques/news) | opinion | popular | popular | |
| critiques/news) | opinion | opinion | |||
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| critiques/news | critiques/news |
| ) | ) |
| Sources chosen | Most sources | Some sources | Few sources | Sources are | |
| Source | are highly | chosen are | chosen are | chosen are | not relevant |
| Selection | relevant to the | relevant to the | relevant to the | relevant to the | to |
| topic; Sources | topic; May | topic; writer | topic; writer | researcher’s | |
| 10 pts. | adds greatly to | require a small | may need | may require | topic; Sources |
| research | amount of | additional | significant | necessitate | |
| potential; few, if | additional | sources to | additional | extensive | |
| any additional | research | complete | research | additional | |
| sources needed | research | research | |||
| Annotations | Most | Some | Few | Most | |
| Annotation | succinctly and | annotations are | annotations | annotations | annotations |
| s | comprehensivel | succinct; Most | may be too | meet the length | are either too |
| y describe the | comprehensivel | short or too | requirements, | short or too | |
| 15 pts. | source material; | y describe the | long; | few | long; |
| Annotations | source material; | Annotations | annotations | Annotations | |
| offer great | Some offer | adequately | adequately | do not | |
| insight into the | insight into the | describe the | describe the | describe the | |
| source material | source material | source | source | source | |
| material, but | material; | material; | |||
| lack insight | annotations | annotations | |||
| offer little | offer no | ||||
| insight | insight | ||||
| Virtually free | Occasional minor | Some | Errors are | Errors distract | |
| Mechanics, | from mechanical, | errors do not | significant errors | distracting, but | the reader, to |
| Grammar, | grammatical, | distract the | are present, but | the meaning is | the extent the |
| and | punctuation, and | reader; the | the overall | still clear; only | meaning is |
| Proofing | spelling errors; | majority of | meaning is clear; | some of the | unclear; the |
| All of the | assignment | about half of the | assignment | assignment | |
| assignment | requirements were | assignment | requirements | requirements | |
| requirements were | met | requirements | were met | were not met | |
| 5 pts. | met | were met | |||