Communicating effectively and professionally with proper citation style

Criteria

Excellent (3)

Satisfactory (2)

Needs Improvement (1)

Incomplete (0)

Summary Quality

The article is summarized in such a way where the original author’s thesis and main supporting points are clearly articulated within the student’s summary.

 

The article is summarized and the original author’s thesis or some of the main supporting points are articulated within the student’s summary.

The article is partially summarized. The original author’s thesis isn’t clear and some supporting points are absent from the summary.

Summary is either not complete or does not summarize the article provided.

Summary in-text citation

In-text citation is complete and without formatting or style errors. All information required in APA formatting (date, author, page or paragraph, etc) is present in the citation.

In-text citation is almost complete and accurate but is either missing one piece of information required in APA (date, author, page or paragraph, etc) or there is one issue with the formatting of the in-text citation.

In-text citation is not quite complete. Two pieces of information required in APA is missing (date, author, page or paragraph, etc) or there are between two issues with the formatting of the in-text citation.

In-text citation is either not present or is missing three or more pieces of information required in APA (date, author, page or paragraph, etc). There are more than three issues with the formatting of the in-text citation.

Summary Reference Page Citation

Article is cited correctly in APA format and style in the “Reference” section for Part 1a of the document.

Article is cited somewhat correctly. Reference page citation contains one or two APA formatting/style errors.

Article is partially cited. Reference page citation contains three or four APA formatting/style errors.

Article is not cited in the “Reference” section in proper APA format or Part 1a contains greater than four APA formatting/style errors.

Writing Mechanics

Both the summary and paraphrase are free from writing errors such as run-on sentences, spelling or grammar mistakes. Writing is articulate and easy to read.

Between the summary and paraphrase there are one to three writing errors such as run-on sentences, spelling or grammar mistakes. Writing is somewhat articulate and easy to read.

Between the summary and paraphrase there are four to six writing errors such as run-on sentences, spelling or grammar mistakes.

Writing is either incomplete or difficult to read. The student’s intentions with their communication is not clear.

 

 

 

 

Part 1 of the assignment has greater than seven writing errors such as run-on sentences, spelling or grammar mistakes.

 

Writing is extremely difficult to read.