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American Patriot Research Paper

Civil War Research Paper

American Patriot research paper

Rubric Code: K4CW23

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Subject: History

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Research Paper
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
STRUCTURE	Poor The report is missing three of the following requirements, the report is not typed, double-spaced, and with one-inch margins.	Fair The report is missing two of the following requirements, the report is not typed, double-spaced, and with one-inch margins.	Good The report is missing one of the following requirements, the report is not typed, double-spaced, and with one-inch margins.	Excellent The report is typed, double-spaced, 12 point font, and with one-inch margins.
LENGTH	Poor The report is less than two pages in length (not including the Bibliography).	Fair The report is less than four pages and more than two pages in length (not including the Bibliography).	Good The report is four pages in length (not including the Bibliography).	Excellent The report is four pages or more in length (not including the Bibliography).
CONTENT Early education Ties to England Religious views Political views Contribution to history Death	Poor The report does not have a clear focus. The paper shows little research and sources seem unreliable. Ideas seem to be pull out of the air.	Fair The report may not be clearly focused on a single topic. Many additional details are needed to back up facts and examples. Some ideas seem unclear.	Good The report is well researched. Some facts or examples needed a little more detail. Overall, ideas were good and came from reliable sources.	Excellent The report is factual and well researched. It is focused on topic (main idea) and the subtopics that are required. It includes many interesting and well research facts.
ORGANIZATION	Poor Ideas and facts are disorganized, unclear, or just listed. Topic sentences and conclusions are missing and many details are stray and unclear.	Fair Facts and details are not well organized into paragraphs with clear main ideas. There are few topic sentences and some details are stray ideas. Indentions are not clear.	Good Paragraphs are well organized. There are almost no stray ideas and topic sentences help to separate and organized. Indentions are done correctly.	Excellent Main ideas are stated in topic sentences. Facts, examples, and details are organized in paragraphs creating a good flow. Conclusion paragraph ends on good note.
VOICE/WORD CHOICE	Poor The writer copied many sentences from a source instead of using his or her own words. Word choice is repetitive and overused.	Fair The writer did not use his or her own voice. Word choice is limited and repetitive.	Good The writer mostly used his or her own words. There are good word choices with few repetitions.	Excellent The writer uses his or her own words and chooses words to prevent repetition and create flow. Words are precise and descriptive.
SENTENCE FLUENCY	Poor Sentences are short, unclear, repetitive, very choppy, or incomplete.	Fair The essay lacks sentence variety. It contained some short choppy or incomplete sentences.	Good The essay would benefit from greater sentence variety. The flow was choppy in areas.	Excellent There are a variety of sentences. Similar ideas are combined to create complex and compound sentences. There was a smooth flow throughout.
GRAMMAR	Poor Many mistakes make the paper hard to understand. Did not use checklist to revise or edit.	Fair Mistakes sometimes make the essay hard to understand. Did not take enough time to revise or edit.	Good There are a few mistakes, but they do not affect understanding.	Excellent There are almost no errors in grammar, capitalization, spelling or usage.
RESOURCES/CITING	Poor There is only one resource with many citing mistakes.; No Bibliography is included	Fair There are three or less sources with citing mistakes; No Bibliography is included.	Good There four or less sources with a few citing mistakes; or Bibliography is included.	Excellent There are four or more resources that are cited correctly and neatly; or Bibliography is included.
PAPER PRESENTATION	Poor The final copy is messy. It may be illegible in many places. Title page and picture are missing.	Fair The final copy is messy. It may be illegible in a few places. Title page is missing, but there is a picture.	Good The final copy is legible and complete. There is a neat title page,but the picture is missing.	Excellent The final copy is legible and neat. It contains a picture that enhances the presentation, and there is a neat title page.
ON TIME	Poor The final copy is 3 or more days late.	Fair The final copy is 2 days late.	Good The final copy is 1 day late.	Excellent The final copy is handed in on time.

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