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Small Town Life Essay

Think about some of the qualities of living in a small town, both positive & negative. Choose one the stories read in class that deals with small town life and compare it with an event that has happened to you personally. Write an essay that tells about the event and show how it relates to the piece you have chosen. Explain in your essay whether or not you believe small town living to be beneficial or detrimental. Support your beliefs with examples from your own life and from the piece you have selected. Your finished essay should be at least one page typed.

Rubric Code: H34BCA

By swilley

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Small Town Essay
	Poor 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Excellent 3 pts
Ideas	Poor Looks at small town life, but essay is way too short to give an adequate view. No connection is made with stories read and own life. Opinion about small town living is not evident.	Good Essay looks at positive and negative aspects of small town living, but could have been further developed. Connections are made but not fully developed with evidence from own life. Opinion about living in small towns may not be given.	Excellent Essay fully develops the positive and negative aspects of living in a small town. Connections are clearly drawn between one of the stories read in class and events from your own life. Opinion about small town living is given and well supported.
Word Choice	Poor Details are too few to help reader get a sense of the works read or how they connect to personal life.	Good Uses some details from the works read and personal experience, but doesn't fully support beliefs about small town life.	Excellent Uses explicit & detailed descriptions from works read and personal experience to support beliefs about small town living.
Mechanics	Poor Significant mechanical errors that interfere with reading and understanding piece.	Good Some mechanical errors, but they do not interfere with understanding the piece.	Excellent There are no significant spelling, punctuation or other mechanical errors.