NAME_________________________________________________ENGLISH
5, section_________
Evaluation of Out
of Class Essay # 2—THE RESEARCH PAPER
How to Read this Evaluation: This evaluation is divided
into two sections: Content and
Organization and MLA Documentation.
The overall strengths of the essay are noted first. Problem/errors in each of
the two sections will be checked if applicable. Please note that all items
checked will be marked directly ON your essay at least once. However,
ALL errors are not marked. If you submitted a rough draft and
choose to revise, you will need to take this into consideration.
Strengths Found in
this Essay:
Content and
Organization—worth 200 points--_______(points earned)
Problems that
Impact Readability:
_____sentence structure (comma splices; run on sentences;
fragments; punctuation errors; tense shifts; misspelling; issues with
capitalization)
_____wordiness
_____repetitiveness
_____lack of sentence variety and length
_____flat, uninteresting vocabulary
_____lack of sufficient development
_____weak or non-existent transitions between paragraphs
_____uses “you” and “your”
_____too many main ideas in one paragraph
_____thesis statement is not underlined
_____thesis statement is not an assertion and is not
debatable or opinionated
_____unacceptable errors found (number found:_________) THESE WILL BE CIRCLED.
_____other issues:
MLA Research
Documentation—worth 200 points--_______( points earned)
_____note cards out of order _____incorrect
set-up of essay
_____bibliography cards out of order _____essay
missing a title or title not in
MLA
format
_____problems on Works Cited page __________lack
of academic sources
_____problems with in-text citations
_____too many direct quotations—not enough paraphrasing
_____missing page numbers or pages numbered incorrectly
_____other issues:
Total Score
Earned:____________(400 points possible)
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