APA Essay Grading Rubric

40pts
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rev. 9/23/13
Meets Expectations
(36-40 pts.)
Needs some
Revision
(30-35 pts.)
Needs major
Improvement
(0-29 pts.)
Introduction
(10 pts)
2pts - Begins with a Poetic Statement
3pts Develops poetic statement and
Filters into the main idea of the Essay
5pts - Thesis - Clearly Stated, declares
the main topic of the essay and
enumerates the 3 subtopics to be
discussed in the Body
Body
(15 pts)
3pts Paragraphs follow the
development of the thesis in order.
Does not digress into new information
not mentioned in the Thesis Statement.
9pts Each Paragraph contains sufficient
supporting details to develop the idea of
the thesis statement
3pts Each Paragraph Starts with a topic
sentence, flows smoothly and uses
transitional phrases where appropriate.
Conclusion
(10 pts)
5pts Restates the Thesis of the Essay
3pts Develops poetic statement and
Filters out to the poetic statement
2pts - Conclusion ends with Poetic
Statement or call to action Statement
Formatting /
Citations
(5pts)
5pts - Paper follows ALL requirements of
APA formatting including margins, title,
running head, page number, title page,
intext citations, sources cited, etc.
5pts - Sources cited and in APA format