CITATIONS RUBRIC 20 POINTS FORMAT FOR CITATIONS IS AS

Criteria

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Format of Works Cited Page

All parts of format (above) are followed consistently

One part of format is missing.

More than one element is consistently incorrect

Works Cited page is missing or not done according to any of the correct format.

Elements of citation according to lessons on print and web site citation and with use of EasyBib.

All parts of the citation (author, title, publisher etc.) are included correctly.

One part of a citation is missing in one place.

One part of a citation is consistently missing for several entries

Little to no attempt to use EasyBib correctly

Mechanics

All are correct.

There are no more than 3 mistakes.

Consistent errors throughout.

Many spelling and capitalization errors.

Parenthetical Citations

Format is correct There is a good balance of citations –not too many and not too few.

One or two mistakes in format and/or either too many or too few citations.

Consistently makes mistakes in the formatting of parenthetical citations. No distinction between what should be cited and what doesn’t need to be cited.

No attempt to use parenthetical citations.

Quality of Resources, especially web sites. Only sites appropriate for a research paper are used

Forms for each cited web site included, when necessary, showing that the sites are credible.

Some question about credibility of websites.

Form for website evaluation is missing for more than one site and/or some questions about credibility of sites..

Student includes wikipedia or google.com in works cited list and/or

Student shows poor judgment (based on website evaluations) in choice of websites.