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Rise to Civil War Essay Rise to Civil War Essay You will be writing a five paragraph essay about three events, laws, or people which you feel were the most important factors leading to the outbreak of the Civil War. Rubric Code: VB69X3 By pusedgirl Draft Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Essay
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Excellent 8 pts
Connection to Topic	Poor The information you give is not very detailed and you do not make any connections to your thesis statement. You do not tell HOW your people, events or laws influenced the tension between North and South and the outbreak of the Civil War.	Fair You present good information but forgot to make clear connections to the tension between North and South and the outbreak of the Civil War...or you made good connections but your descriptions of the people or events are not detailed.	Excellent Awesome Job!! You make clear and specific contections to your thesis and are very detailed with the descriptions of the people, laws or events you chose.
Organization	Poor You did not follow the directions. Your essay is missing paragraphs and may not have a clear conclusion or introduction. Some paragraphs may not have the required number of sentences.	Fair You followed the directions and have clearly organized your essay. Each paragraph has the required number of sentences. However, your introduction may not be very catchy or your conclusion may not have really wrapped up the point of your essay.	Excellent Yee Haw! Not only is this essay organized but you provide clear transitions and have written a catchy introduction that draws the reader into your essay. Your conclusion really wraps up your essay!
Mechanics/Spelling	Poor Umm....you need to edit again. You have quite a few mistakes in spelling and grammar and you may not have followed the directions to type and double space this essay.	Fair You did a nice job on this essay. However, you do have a some mistakes in either grammar or spelling. You probably needed to edit this one more time.	Excellent Wow! I saw only one or two mistakes in your whole essay. Bravo! A bestseller for sure!