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Civil War Unit Exam Essay Questions Rubric Code: JX8A78 By cmgrim Draft Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Exam Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12, Undergraduate


	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2 pts	SCORE (N/A)
Introduction	Excellent Introduction is catchy. Draws the reader into the essay.	Good Intro has a weak "grabber". Harder to follow into the body of the essay.	Fair A catchy beginning was attempted but was confusing rather than catchy. Topic is evident.	Poor No attempt was made to catch the reader's attention in the beginning. The topic is not apparant in the essay	SCORE
Accuracy of facts	Excellent All facts presented in the essay are accurate and relate back to the introduction.	Good Almost all facts presented in the essay are accurate and occasionally relate back to the thesis	Fair Most facts presented in the story are accurate (at least 70 %).	Poor There are several factual errors in the essay. There is no real effort to make the piece cohesive	SCORE
Organization	Excellent The essay is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in alogical sequence with clear transitions	Good The essay is pretty well organized. One idea may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used.	Fair The essay is a little hard to follow. Paragraphs are unclear. The transitions are sometimes not clear.	Poor Ideas seem to be randomly arranged. No effort at paragraph organization.	SCORE
Focus on topic	Excellent The entire essay is related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to understand much more about the topic.	Good Most of the essay is related to the assigned topic. The essay wanders off at one point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic.	Fair Some of the essay is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic.	Poor No attempt has been made to relate the essay to the assigned topic	SCORE
Mechanics	Excellent The essay has few, if any, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar or usage errors.	Good The essay has two or three mechanics errors	Fair The essay has four or five mechanics errors.	Poor The essay has more than five mechanics errors.	SCORE