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I Have a Dream I Have a Dream Students will write a reflection on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Rubric Code: PCXA67 By karenlacey Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

"I Have a Dream"
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Excellent 3 pts
Depth of reflection	Poor Demonstrate little or no understanding of the prompt and the subject matter.	Fair Demonstrate a limited understanding of the prompt and subject matter.	Excellent Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the prompt and subject matter.
Textual evidence	Poor No examples from the speech are used and claims made in your writing are unsupported and irrelevant to the topic at hand.	Fair Use incomplete or vaguely developed examples to only partially support claims in your writing.	Excellent Use specific and convincing examples from the speech to support claims in your writing.
Language use	Poor Use language that is unsuitable for the audience and purpose with little or no awareness of sentence structure.	Fair Use language that is vague or imprecise for the audience and purpose and demonstrates a limited awareness of how to vary sentence structure.	Excellent Use language that is fluent and original, demonstrates awareness of audience and purpose, and the ability to vary sentence structure.
Grammar	Poor Demonstrate little or no awareness of grammar, making comprehension almost impossible.	Fair Demonstrate awareness of grammar, exhibiting occassional errors.	Excellent Demonstrate complete awareness of grammar with essentially no errors even with varied sentence structure.