Research Paper Grading Guidelines

Late papers – 10 pts. Reduction per day – no excuses ** if absent – have someone else bring it to school or e-mail it; the paper is still due on the due date.

Students must also submit papers to Turnitin.com on the assigned due date; late submissions to this source will result in a 10 pts. per day reduction of grade. Papers with more than 10% plagiarism will result in a zero grade. Students are not allowed to turn in the final copy on the due date with more than acceptable plagiarism and resubmit their papers when the plagiarism problem is correct. Once the final day arrives, the paper submitted is the one that will be graded. Papers may be submitted repeatedly during the prior week before the final draft is due. The paper you submit on the due day should represent the students’ own personal work. If rough drafts are required to be submitted to turnitin.com, a 20% plagiarism level is still acceptable, but only one submission is allowed on rough drafts.

No footnotes or documentation = 0 No bibliography page = 0 Not enough sources with authentic page numbers = -20pts. for each one missing – off the top ** an encyclopedia or reference book or online computer site all represent one source

Content grade Outside of class writing rubrics will be use to grade the content portion of the paper. See attachment.

Mechanics Abstract = when used =15pts Title page =20pts Bibliography page =20pts Using sources on footnotes that are not listed on the Bib. Page = 20pts each Footnotes or citations = 10pts each No footnote to support a bibliographic listing = 20pts each Punctuation within the footnotes = 2pts each Page numbering = 10pts Incorrect margins = 10 to 20 pts Arrangement of paper—i.e. title page, body, reference = 10pts 2 inch line (when used) = 10 pts Title on first page of body (when used) = 5 pts. Variation of notes when directed= 10pts

The content grade and the mechanics grade are averaged together to form the final grade that is weighted 9 times.