Mini-Inquiry

Your completed 1 page Inquiry will include your question, 2-3 pieces of evidence gathered from scientific
published works, and your claim that answers the question based on the evidence. The format is as follows:
Question:
Evideince #1:
Elaboration:
Evidence #2:
Elaboration
Evidence #3: (optional)
Elaboration
Claim:
References:
Inquiry Question
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Difficulty of exceeds grade appropriate meets grade approaches grade does not meet grade
Content knowledge requirement appropriate knowledge appropriate knowledge appropriate knowledge
requirement requirement requirement
Specificity specific and well refined could be more specific, is not specific enough general question is too
worded better or more broad
refined
Synthesis requires student synthesis of requires student requires student only one piece of
evidence from many synthesis of answers to understanding of evidence is required to
complex sub-questions and several sub-questions several pieces of answer this question
pieces of evidence and pieces of evidence evidence that have
already been
synthesized
Evidence Based Explanation & Claim:
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Command of all parts of the claim are most parts of the claim several parts of the important parts of the
Evidence supported by specific cited are supported by claim are not claim are not supported by
evidence that is explained specific cited evidence supported by specific evidence
thoroughly that is explained well cited evidence that is
explained
Coherence and groups and presents presents supporting presentation of presentation of supporting
Organization supporting evidence in a evidence in a clear supporting evidence evidence is not well
clear organized manner so organized format so is not well organized organized and others are
that others understand and that others understand but others are still unable understand or
can follow able understand and follow
can follow
Claim states a clear conclusion states a conclusion conclusion is not conclusion is not stated
based upon linked evidence based upon linked clearly stated
and sound thinking evidence
Works Cited: (minimum 3 sources cited and referenced)
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MLA format Proper MLA formatted MLA format for MLA format for missing citations in the
citations and works cited. citations and works citations and works paper and/or improper
No errors cited (few errors) cited (major errors) format
Richness of Uses multiple scholarly uses one scholarly does not use any does not use any scholarly
Resources articles and more than 3 article and the other scholarly articles but articles and other sources
good sources sources are good the other sources are are not good
good