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Grapes and Gatsby / Argument Essay Animal Farm Argument Essay Comparing "The Grapes of Wrath" and "The Great Gatsby" write an argument for or against the American dream being attainable for the main characters from both novels. Cite your evidence and state a counterclaim and a clear rebuttal. Is the American dream money, love, social change or something else? Take into account the individual character and the circumstances they were born into. Rubric Code: MX6266A By nowakoja Draft Private Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Argumentative Essay
	Meets 5 pts	Emerging 3 pts	Beginning 2 pts
Introduction 2 paragraphs or more	Meets Summary of what happened in "The Grapes of Wrath" and "The Great Gatsby". Each paragraph should contain a minimum of 8 sentences.	Emerging Partial summary.	Beginning Beginning summary and missing key details
Body 2 paragraphs or more	Meets Claim Evidence/ explain how a specific character from both novels has or has not achieved the American dream. Use citations. Thesis is the last sentence. Thesis should have a hook and interest your audience.	Emerging Not a clear explanation and evidence on how a specific character from both novels has or has not achieved the American dream.	Beginning Missing textual evidence and a through explanations.
Counter Claim	Meets State the opposing argument and offer a clear rebuttal using textual evidence for your choice of the character who is living the American dream. Use more then one example with citations.	Emerging States the opposing argument and offers a rebuttal using textual evidence. Only uses one example with citation.	Beginning States the opposing argument does not offer a clear rebuttal. Does not use textual evidence.
Conclusion	Meets Summarizes and restates the thesis in an interesting way that captures the reader's attention and draws the argument to a conclusion.	Emerging Weak concluding paragraph, does not summarize or restate the thesis clearly.	Beginning Paragraph ends abruptly and does not capture the readers attention.
MLA Format Mechanical /Grammatical	Meets Use quotation marks when quoting evidence. Properly formatted with author and page numbers within parenthesis following the quote.	Emerging Lacking at least one criteria from box 1 "Meets". Mechanical/ Grammatical flaws	Beginning Some what formatted but lacking. Mechanical/ Grammatical flaws