Dr. Elise Gold (Engineering)
Paper 2: Proposal/Annotated Bibliography
AUTHOR: ____________________________________
Below you will find the various elements on which your paper will be evaluated. The Y (Yes), S (Somewhat), or N (No) by each item indicates how well you have done with each element. Items specifically needing work may be underlined or highlighted. Along with a grade, an overall evaluation follows, with a few major suggestions for improvement.
Cover Letter
____ explains purpose, focus, audience, use of logos, pathos, ethos
____ discusses what’s working best and worst in draft
____ discusses what’s new for the writer
____ describes substantive revisions made between drafts
____ uses appropriate tone
Title
____ accurately reflects paper
____ is catchy
Introduction
____ grabs reader’s attention
____ sets stage and tone for paper
____ presents good research focus question, conveys significance of topic, previews controversy/debate
Thesis/Concluding Statement
____ has effective specific thesis/concluding statement
Development
____ effectively conveys why research topic is worth investigating
____ discusses major topic areas well as personal interest, interest to class, synopsis of opinion, research plan
____ avoids arguing a position to survey range of views
____ provides good supportive evidence and details, using sources, and discusses their significance rather than merely reports them
____ avoids redundancy in points, examples, etc.
Structure
____ uses good organizational strategies (follows through on proposal structure, organizes section discussions, especially opinions, well)
____ has unified paragraphs with effective topic sentences
____ has clear logic/coherence within/between paragraphs/sections; uses effective transitions (not mechanical) between/within paragraphs
Conclusion
____ recaps proposal effectively without repeating introduction
____ is interesting and places issue in large context
____ leaves reader with lasting impression about importance of research topic
Audience
____ clearly identifies audiences and their knowledge, values, and needs; uses appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos well.
Selection/Use/Citation of Sources and Annotated Bibliography
____ has adequate number of well selected sources (have currency, depth, range of views, credibility)
____ uses sources well to build/support argument not over-relying on them to form a pastiche; includes good, well-
incorporated quotations, paraphrases, and summaries without plagiarism or inaccuracies
____ provides correct APA in-text citations avoiding problems like info attributed to wrong source, info listed but no citation,
incorrect page cited, no quotation marks around a direct quotation, etc.
____ includes full, correct APA references to sources at end of paper
____ has clear and developed annotations that summarize, evaluate the bias, and explain sources’ usefulness
Style/Sentences
____ employs variety in sentence structure and length
____ achieves clarity and economy of language by avoiding wordiness, word choice problems, passive voice, nominalizations, jargon and technical language, clichés
____ has appropriate and consistent tone
Mechanics
____ has relatively few problems with punctuation, grammar, spelling; has proofread carefully
Format
_____ follows manuscript guidelines well (i.e., for title, spacing, typeface, pagination, headings for proposal format, etc.)
Revision
_____ demonstrates good/excellent substantive revision between drafts on various levels—thesis and subordinate ideas, development and support, organization and logic, style and mechanics
GRADE: _________ (Points lost for late and/or incomplete rough draft or final draft, missing cover letter, missing/incomplete mechanics checklist; annotated bibliography, in-text citations, and/or reference list missing or incomplete; copies of sources missing, not highlighted, or not cross-referenced; sources used inaccurately, evidence of plagiarism? ________ )
OVERALL EVALUATION:
PAPER 2 CRITIQUES OF PEERS’ WORK
_____ provided well developed, substantive reviews of peers’ writing
_____ identified critical areas to work (higher-level writing issues like thesis, organization, support, development, etc., rather than lower-level writing issues like style, mechanics, proofreading)
_____ included specific suggestions for improvement
_____ included careful marginal comments
_____ addressed peers directly with appropriate tone
_____ provided positive as well as constructive feedback
GRADE: _________ (Points lost for late or missing first draft, for not participating in peer review workshops?_____