Sentence Outline, Due Monday, March 26

Links:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/03/

http://www.shoreline.edu/doldham/102/HTML/Topic%20to%20Sentence.html

http://k2.kirtland.edu/~giacobaf/home/outline.htm

Rubric:

Name_________________________________

Senior Paper: Sentence Outline Rubric

CATEGORY	10	8	6	4
Thesis	1. Thesis is clear and proposes an arguable point which people could reasonably agree or disagree; it takes a stand 2.Thesis should appear at introduction.	1.Thesis is clear and proposes an arguable point, but it does not take a clear stand 2. Thesis appears at introduction.	1.Thesis is somewhat clear and does not fully propose an arguable point. 2.Thesis is absent from outline.	1.Thesis is not clear and lacks organization of an arguable point and a clear stand for or against. 2.Thesis is not presented in the outline.
Format	Outline uses Roman numerals for headings and numbers for subheadings	Outline mostly follows proper form w/Roman numerals & numbers.	Outline somewhat follows proper form, but not completely	Outline does not follow proper form and lacks any organizational pattern.
Information in outline for entire research paper	Topics are addressed with at least 3 concrete details about each.  Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.	All topics are addressed with at least 2 concrete details about each, and clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or ex.	All topics are addressed with 1 concrete detail about each.  And clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or ex given.	One or more topics were not addressed.  Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
Organization	Heading should have general info. And subheadings should be more specific.	Headings don’t always have general info. & Subheadings aren’t specific	Headings and subheadings follow correct format somewhat.	Headings and subheadings don’t follow correct format.
Support	Various sources are used to support each section of the essay.	At least 2 sources are used to support each section of the essay	Lack of support for most sections of the essay.	Lack of support for thesis and entire essay.