Rubric for Book Banning/Censorship Website

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LT 47: introduce
claims, opposing
views, and rebuttals

missing

LT 48: use credible

missing or
evidence and logical incomplete
reasoning to
support argument

Attempt made at
making claims, but
claims do not make
sense, nor are there
any opposing views.

Some claims make

sense and are
logical. Very little or
no mention of any
opposing views

Claims make sense

and are logical.
However, opposing
views seem biased
and vaguely refuted.

Claims are clear and

logical. Opposing
views are fair and
refuted well

Claims are very insightful.

Opposing views are strong
and backed with textual
evidence, yet very well
refuted using other textual
evidence

Either uses quotes

or quotes used are
irrelevant

Some good
reasoning; some
quotes are well
chosen and well
used

Mostly good
reasoning; most of
quotes are well
chosen and used
well

Quotes and
reasoning support
topic well; no faulty
logic

All quotes are very well

chosen, reasoning is very
logical, and they strongly
support the argument

LT 49: not
applicable (will not
be assessed)
LT 50: use formal
(professional) style
of writing

missing or
incomplete

Large amount of
grammatical and/or
spelling errors; slang
often used

Grammatical and/or
spelling mistakes
used throughout and
hinders the content

Some grammatical
and/or spelling
mistakes, but the
content is not
hindered

Very few grammatical

and/or spelling
mistakes; slang not
used; appropriate-totopic vocabulary used

No more than 2
grammatical mistakes;
above grade-level
vocabulary used
appropriately

LT 51: Provide a
conclusion section
for argument

missing or
incomplete

Some attempt at
concluding
argument but very
little wrap up of
whats been said

Conclusion attempts
to wrap up argument
but neglects some
important points from
paper

Conclusion wraps
up argument but
some parts are not
concluded

Conclusion
appropriately wraps
up argument and
leaves reader with
interesting thought

Conclusion is very insightful

and leaves reader thinking.
Conclusions ties back to
introduction and is effective
in persuading reader.

LT 52: Uses multiple

sources

No sources

Uses only one

source

Uses two or more

sources

Uses three or more

sources

Uses four or more

sources

Uses five or more sources

LT 53: Quote or
paraphrase
information

No outside
quotes or
sources used
(opinions
only)

Uses occasional
quotes but selected
quotes dont support
argument well

Uses direct quotes

from articles but only
some quotes support
the argument

Uses direct quotes

from articles and
most quotes support
argument

Uses only direct

quotes but all quotes
are well chosen and
support argument

Successfully uses a variety

of both paraphrases and
direct quotes to support
argument

LT 54: Follow a
standard format for
citation

No works
cited included

Refers to sources
but does not use a
properly cited works
cited format

Include a works cited Uses MLA for works

but does not include cited and in-text
in-text citations
citations, but there
are some errors in
both

Uses MLA for both intext citations and

works cited, with only
a few, minor errors

Flawlessly uses MLA for

both in-text citations and
works cited