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Was King Tut Murdered? Using 3 text, the student composes a 5 paragraph essay defending their opinion. Rubric Code: FX7X27C By tward3827 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Was King Tut Murdered?
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Hook	Poor No attention grabber	Fair Okay attention grabber. I used a question.	Good Out of the ordinary attention grabber (statistic, case study, figurative language
Thesis	Poor No theisis	Fair Thesis is there but weak	Good I state my opinion clearly
Counter claim in intro	Poor Not mentioned	Fair Other side kind of mentioned	Good Counterclaim discussed
Defense	Poor Argument not given	Fair Argument given but points repeated in different words	Good All arguments present and vary
Closure	Poor Ended with no organization	Fair Ended with restated opinion but not counterclaim mentioned	Good Ended with both thesis and counterclaim restated
Organization	Poor No organizer present	Fair Organizer present but not filled in completely	Good Great organizational notes or graphic organizer that reflects the essay
Grammar/ Convention	Poor Multiple mistakes (spelling, punctuation, and capitalization), verb tense,	Fair Some (3 to 4) mistakes and good word choices	Good 0 to 2 mistakes, variety of wording