PFTSTA RUBRIC: MLA Format and Works Cited/Research Project

 Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced

Quantity/Variety of Information Sources

Below Basic

- Only one kind of information source is used.

Basic

- print and GVRL sources are used.

Proficient

- print, GVRL, magazine and Internet sources are used.

Advanced

- Sources are varied and present various aspects of the topic such as print, GVRL, magazine and academic journal, Internet and multi-media sources

Quality of Information Sources

Below Basic

- Sources are unreliable. - Information is irrelevant to topic.

Basic

- Reliability of sources is questionable. - Some information is relevant to topic. -One type of source used.-Sources provide only one aspect of the topic.

Proficient

- Sources are mostly reliable. - Most information is relevant to topic. -Two to three types of sources with at least two aspects of the topic.

Advanced

- All sources are accurate and reliable.- All information is relevant to topic.-

MLA Format Below Basic

-Paper does not use proper MLA format.-Sources are not properly cited in the body of the paper as parenthetical citations.

Basic

-Most of the MLA format rules were met with 3 or more errors in heading, margins, font, font size, spacing, or page numbers.

Proficient

-Almost all MLA format rules were met with 1-2 minor errors in heading, margins, font, font size, spacing, or page numbers.

Advanced-Paper always uses proper MLA format (i.e. heading, margins, font, font size, spacing, page numbers)

MLA Works Cited PageNumber of SourcesCitation Format

Below Basic

- Fewer than 3 sources are cited.- MLA citation format is attempted with numerous errors in:Alphabetical Order Hanging IndentionSpacingPunctuation Elements of Each Citation

Basic

- 4 or more sources are cited.- MLA citation format is attempted with 3 errors in:Alphabetical Order Hanging IndentionSpacingPunctuation Elements of Each Citation

Proficient

- 6 or more sources are cited.- MLA citation format is used with 1-2 minor errors in:Alphabetical Order Hanging IndentionSpacingPunctuation Elements of Each Citation

Advanced

- More than 6 sources are cited.- MLA citation format is used with 0 errors in:Alphabetical Order Hanging IndentionSpacingPunctuation Elements of Each Citation

Parenthetical/In-text Citations Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced

- No attempt to include parenthetical citations.-Quotations are not cited and no explanation is given relating to the topic.

- Consistently makes errors in the formatting of parenthetical citations. -No distinction between what should be cited and what doesn’t need to be cited.-Quotations are cited with no explanation relating to the topic included.

-1 or 2 mistakes in format.- 1 or 2 more in-text citations than necessary. -1 to 2 in-text citations less than necessary. - Quotations are cited but explanation does not relate the quotation to the thesis.

- All parenthetical citations are in correct format following MLA rules for each type of source. - All sources cited at the end of the paper have at least one in-text citation in the body of the paper.-All sources cited in the body of the paper are listed in the works cited page at the end.- All quotations are properly cited and include sufficient explanation relating the quotation to the topic.