Rubric

Rubric

Rubric

Required Formatting

Font

Spacing

Alignment

Paragraph format

Header and Footer
The header should show the student's name on the first line and display an automatically updating date on the second.  The footer should show the page number.  Right align both.   



Title of Paper

Make the title and subtitle any readable font.  Use sizes that will take up less that than two inches vertically.  The subtitle should be smaller than the title but larger than the normal text. 


Single space between title and subtitle.

Double space between subtitle and first line of text. 



choice


Don't set the paragraph to automatically indent if the title is centered.  This will push the title a little to the right.   

Margins
Make the margins of all pages one inch - top, bottom, left, and right. 



Normal Text


The normal font of a paper should be Arial, size 12, and black. 



Double space



Align the text LEFT, not full. 

Do NOT leave blank lines between paragraphs, nor format the paragraphs to create spacing between them. 

Graphics
A picture or graphic is allowed (but not required) on the cover page. 

There will be no pictures on regular pages.  If charts or other graphics are needed, they must appear on a separate, unnumbered page. 


Long quote

The writer may continue with the normal font, or the writer may use a font of black, Times New Roman, and sized 11 or 12. 



Double space


Align the text LEFT, not full. 


The writer must indent about one inch. 

Subdivision Title
(Support,
Rebuttal,
Conclusion)


Arial Black
Size 14 



Double space



Left or center
(but be consistent)



No indenting. 


Works Cited

The writer may continue with the normal font, or the writer may use a font of black, Times New Roman, and sized 11 or 12. 



Single space


Align the text LEFT, not full. 

The writer must indent "hanging". 

Use spacing between paragraphs.