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Satire

could choose from many topics to write a 850 word satire

Rubric Code: M7W426

By mmorris521

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Satire
	Exceeds 100 pts	Meets 90 pts	Approaching 80 pts	Does Not Meet 70 pts
Content	Exceeds Covers a societal issue in-depth with close attention to detail. Excellent subject knowledge. Satire is well thought out and is effective.	Meets Includes essential knowledge about a societal issue. Subject knowledge is proficient. Satire is thought out and works fairly well.	Approaching Includes essential information about a societal issue with some factual errors. Satire is planned but awkward or ineffective in some places.	Does Not Meet Information about societal issue is minimal OR there are several factual errors. There is evidence of no attempt at satire.
Originality	Exceeds Satire shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are inventive.	Meets Satire shows much original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights.	Approaching Satire displays use of other people's ideas (with citation), but there is evidence of some original thinking.	Does Not Meet Shows little or no evidence of original thought or documentation.
Analysis of Satire	Exceeds Student provides an effective use of satirical devices such as exaggeration, irony, wit, etc. Student's use of satire displays much knowledge about the genre.	Meets Student provides some use of satirical devices such as exaggeration, irony, wit, etc. Student's use of satire displays proficient knowledge about the genre.	Approaching Student provides few satirical devices such as exaggeration, irony, wit, etc. Student's use of satire displays limited knowledge about the genre.	Does Not Meet Student does not provide use of satirical devices such as exaggeration, irony, wit, etc. Student's displays little knowledge about the genre.
Mechanics and style	Exceeds No misspellings or grammatical errors. Effective word choice and clear writing.	Meets 1 to 4 misspellings or grammatical errors. Good word choice and writing is mostly clear.	Approaching 5 to 7 misspellings or grammatical errors. Some good word choice, but writing may be bland and/or unclear in many parts.	Does Not Meet 8 or more spelling or grammatical errors interfering with the meaning of the satire. Ineffective writing style or poor word choice throughout.
Requirements	Exceeds All of the written requirements were met: 850 words, typed double spaced, MLA formatting, a solution included.	Meets Almost all (about 90%) of the written requirements were met.	Approaching Most (about 75%) of the written requirements were met, but several were not.	Does Not Meet Many of the written requirements were not met.