Sources

credibility

Effectiveness of
citation (how
well the citation
addresses the
prompt or the
authors claim)
Aesthetic and
critical analysis

Language and
grammar

4 (Exceptional)
Citation is from
a credible
source or
author. The
source is from a
well-recognized
company or
author in the
field of space,
engineering, or
robotics.
The citations
are correctly
cited in MLA
format.
Citations fully
address the
prompt in a
clear and
concise way.
Analysis and
information are
strong,
accurate,
detailed,
insightful and
valid.
Language is
clear and there
are no major
grammatical
errors.
Grammatical
errors do not
hinder the
readers
understanding
of the writing.

3 (Good)
Citation is from a
source that has
made some
relevance
contribution to
the field of
space.
There are few
mistakes in the
citing of
information.
Citations follows
MLA format.
Citations address
some part of the
prompt, but
some of the
citations are not
strong or they
are off topic.
Analysis and
information are
accurate,
insightful and
valid.
Language is clear
and there are
few major
grammatical
errors.
Grammatical
errors do not
hinder the
readers
understanding of
the writing.

2 (Satisfactory)
Citation is from a
blog, or a nonrecognized
source in the
field of space
science.

1 (Not Passing)
There are no, or
very few
citations. The
writer cited from
Wikipedia or
similar websites.

The sources are

not properly
cited.

There are no
citations.

More than half of

the citations are
off topic or do
not address the
prompt.

The majority of
the citations are
not effective or
off topic.

Some of the
analysis and
information are
valid.

Analysis and
information are
unclear and
unfocused.

Language is
sometimes
unclear and
there are many
grammatical
errors.
Grammatical
errors do not
hinder the
readers
understanding of
the writing.

Language is
unclear. There
are many major
grammatical
errors.
Grammatical
errors hinder
the readers
understanding of
the writing.