Grading Rubric for Spring 2022 ENGL 1100 Research Essay Student name: Due Date: Wed, Apr 6 (see late policy) Weighting: 20% Length: 1500 words (including Works Cited. Do not go under by more than 100 words or over by more than 200 words) Criteria Mark Title: Your essay title is specific and points to your thesis. /2 Appearance: Your essay is doubled-spaced, your font is 12-point Times New Roman, your pages are numbered, and you have provided your name, the course code, the instructor’s name (Dr. Ladd), and the date submitted in the left-hand corner of your first page. Word count is provided after the conclusion. /3 Introduction: Your introductory paragraph is carefully composed and serves as a road map for the rest of the essay; your thesis and major areas of argument are clearly laid out and when necessary, your major terms are explained. /7 Thesis: The argument of your essay is incisive and original and shows your understanding of the topic you are exploring; your thesis statement is specific and limited (as opposed to vague and broad) and suitably complex; your central claim is contentious rather than obvious or self-evident. /7 Argumentation: Your essay answers the assigned question, your position is convincingly argued throughout your essay, carefully supported with evidence and analysis. Your essay demonstrates sophisticated critical thinking skills; the argumentation is balanced rather than simplistic, noting counterarguments. /15 Research: Your essay is the product of sufficient reading and thinking. You have carefully and correctly read your sources and have demonstrated your ability to think critically about them and identify the material relevant to your claim; your analysis of your topic is thorough as well as creative. You have cited 5-6 sources. At least three of them are Tier 1 Sources (peer-reviewed academic publications) from the KPU library. /25 Organization: The ideas in your essay are well-organized and relate back to your thesis; major areas of argument and paragraphs are connected with transition sentences. Your essay unfolds smoothly, clearly, and logically. /10 Quotations and paraphrases: Short quotations and longer block quotations are correctly formatted in the MLA (9 th Edition) style. Quotations are well-chosen and properly integrated into your paragraphs, and when necessary, prefaced with contextual information. Paraphrases are well-selected and accurately convey the source’s information, and are also properly cited. /8 Conclusion: Essay is persuasively concluded. The thesis and main points of your essay are carefully summarized (well-written and engaging); the argument in the conclusion matches the thesis in your introduction but has been reworded. /8 Works Cited: This page is properly formatted (MLA 9 th edition). /5 Proofreading: Essay is polished, the product of careful planning, writing, and editing; essay contains few unclear and awkward sentences and is largely free of grammar errors and typos. Word choice errors rarely obscure your ideas. As climate change accelerates, there will be more and more climate refugees—stateless displaced people escaping from extreme environmental changes in their home countries. How can this global humanitarian crisis be prevented? Make an argument about what Canada can do to help climate migrants and to prevent its own citizens from experiencing climate displacement. You will need to examine specific, academic research on the human costs of climate change to successfully tackle this topic.
