Rubric - Summary Checklist (for students)

Summary Checklist

Date:
1. Have you used size 12 Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri font throughout?	Yes	No	?
2. Does your assignment include a header in the top right-hand side of your paper with your last name and the page number?                                                                                         Lastname 1	Yes	No	?
3. Does your assignment include the following left-aligned in the upper left-hand corner of the first page;  double-spaced throughout without any extra space between date and title Your name Jan Oosterhof-Contant English 081 2016 Month day (no commas)	Yes	No	?
4. Do you use standard capitalization for the title?  Size 12 font, no underline or italics?	Yes	No	?
5. Is your title centered on the page?	Yes	No	?
6. Is the first line of every paragraph indented?	Yes	No	?
7. Does your topic sentence include the main idea of the article, the article title, and the author’s name?	Yes	No	?
8. Does your summary have an effective concluding sentence stating what the author concludes?	Yes	No	?
9. Is each main point explained briefly?	Yes	No	?
10. Have you checked to ensure that you have not included any secondary details that can be eliminated without diminishing the reader’s understanding?	Yes	No	?
11. Is it obvious that the ideas are not your own?  Do you include words like ‘the writer states…	Yes	No	?
12. After introducing the author in the topic sentence, do you only refer to her by her last name in the rest of the summary?	Yes	No	?
13. Have you used present tense throughout?	Yes	No	?
14. Do your paragraphs flow smoothly?	Yes	No	?
15. Have you checked that you have not included any evaluation or personal observations or statements?	Yes	No	?
16. Have you used a variety of sentences in your writing?	Yes	No	?
17. Have you used the present tense consistently throughout?	Yes	No	?
18. Have you used third person (she, the writer, her family, her friends, etc. ) throughout?	Yes	No	?
	Yes	No	?