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Castaway Essay

5-Paragraph Essay Rubric

Students will write a five paragraph essay describing how the movie Castaway relates to Maslow's Hierarch of Needs

Rubric Code: HX25354

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Subject: Health

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Castaway Essay
	Effective Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 5 pts	Adequate Reader understands writer’s ideas. 4 pts	Marginal Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Below Marginal Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Inadequate 1 pts
Response to Prompt	Effective Presents a clearly focused main idea that addresses assigned topic and has a strong thesis statement.	Adequate Uses the assigned topic to establish a main idea. Thesis statement may be weak.	Marginal Addresses the assigned topic, though the focus may shift.	Below Marginal Attempts to address assigned topic but with little or no success in establishing a focus.	Inadequate Does not attempt to address assigned topic
Spelling and Punctuation	Effective No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Adequate One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Marginal Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Below Marginal Four to six grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.	Inadequate More than six grammatical, spelling, or punctuational erros
Format	Effective Paper consists of five paragraphs, including an appropriate introduction and conclusion.	Adequate Paper consists of five paragraphs, but has a weak introduction or conclusion.	Marginal Paper consists of four well developed paragraphs.	Below Marginal Paper consists of three full paragraphs.	Inadequate Paper consists of less than three paragraphs.
Content	Effective Student gives three sequentially appropriate examples of how Castaway relates to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.	Adequate Student gives three examples of how Castaway relates to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.	Marginal Student gives two examples of how Castaway relates to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.	Below Marginal Student gives one example of how Castaway relates to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.	Inadequate Student gives no examples of how Castaway relates to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
References	Effective Students supports each of the three examples with information from class and insight of their own.	Adequate Students supports each of the three examples with information from class.	Marginal Students support two examples with information from class.	Below Marginal Students support one example with information from class.	Inadequate None of the examples given are supported with information from class.