1. Have you proposed to research an appropriate subject for your final research report? Does it have a controversial nature? Is your subject choice from the list or pre-approved by instructor?

2. Is your four-part, memo-type heading complete and appropriate with correct spelling and capitalization?

3. Are the individual parts (at least five in addition to the memo heading) separated with noticeable legends/ headings? (No legend is used for the memo-heading.)

4. Does the introduction tell what is being proposed (what subject you have chosen for your research) and give the purpose of the proposal? The legend for this paragraph reads Introduction.

5. Does the body of your proposal cover every important aspect? Is it is written in acceptable paragraph form with at least three other separately headed parts of the body, such as Problem, Recommendation, Equipment or Supplies Needed, Time Schedule, or Supplementary Materials?

6. Is each of these parts well developed with specific details. Are dates and figures neatly lined up in columns making them easy to read?

7. Is your conclusion relevant to your subject and does it end your proposal on a positive note, perhaps summarizing the importance of the research? Does its legend read Conclusion?

8. Have you used an Appendix attached to your proposal following up your Supplementary Materials section? Does it include some of the likely resources needed for doing research, lists of equipment or supplies needed, brochures, drawings, specifications, or calculations, photos or detailed descriptions, or other related materials?

9. Is your proposal neatly typed or word processed (preferred)? Have you proofread and edited your proposal for satisfactory sentence structure, grammar, mechanics, spelling errors, and major errors that detract from content?

•Clear subject and thesis (purpose statement)

•Focused, unified, and coherent organization.

•Excellent document formatting

•Fully developed and detailed content that demonstrates good reasoning

•Shows an obvious awareness of audience

•Evidences superior control of diction, sentence variety, and transitions

•Acceptable college-level grammar, mechanics and usage with only a few minor flaws

•Clearly addresses the subject and thesis (purpose statement)

•Is effectively organized.

•Competent document formatting

•Is well-developed, with supporting details that most of the time demonstrate critical thinking

•Awareness of audience

•Demonstrates control of diction, sentence variety, and transition

•Acceptable college-level grammar, mechanics and usage with only a few flaws

•Adequately addresses the subject but may not always make his/her main point clear

•Is organized, but some parts may not seem well connected

•Sketchy document formatting

•Is adequately developed, with some detail, but support may not always be strong and clear or demonstrate sound reasoning

•Some awareness of audience

•Demonstrates competent writing, but some sentences may lack variety and diction may be imprecise in areas

•May have some flaws in grammar, mechanics and usage

•May distort or neglect important elements/issues dealing with the subject; may be too simplistic or stereotypical in thought

•May demonstrate problems in organization

•Defective document format

•May have generalizations without supporting detail or detail without generalizations; may be undeveloped; may show a lack of critical thinking

•Lack of audience awareness

•May show patterns of flaws in language and syntax; confused words

•Grammar, mechanics and usage may not conform to conventions of standard English, distracting the reader from the content

•Thesis and subject are very fuzzy; paper seems unfocused, vague and unreasoned

•Will demonstrate serious inadequacy in one or more of the areas specified for the 3 paper

•Simple words are frequently misspelled

•Failed attempts to fulfill the requirements of the assignment

•Deliberately off-topic papers

•Paper so incompletely developed as to suggest or demonstrate incompetence.

•Paper wholly incompetent mechanically