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personal hero mini paper

MCAS retest students choose and research a personal hero. Students then create a 5 paragraph essay using standard form.

Rubric Code: M8834

By meghan1991

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

personal hero mini paper
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excelllent (N/A)
Introduction/conclusion	Poor No clear thesis statement and no conclusion. No clear development of ideas.	Fair Weak thesis statement. Weak development of ideas. Introduction and conclusion lack clarity.	Good Good thesis statement. Good idea development. Conclusion lacks	Excelllent Strong thesis statement. Rich idea development. Conclusion wraps up paper clearly and concisely.
compare/contrast self/hero	Poor Does not contain reason student relates to hero. Contains no researched facts about hero.	Fair Uses 1 researched fact to compare/contrast hero and self. Paper contains 1 reason student relates to hero.	Good Uses some facts to compare and contrast hero/self. Paper contains 2 reasons students relates to hero.	Excelllent Uses researched facts to compare and contrast with self. Paper contains 3 prominent reasons student relates to hero.
writing mechanics	Poor Poor control of sentence structure. More than 5 error in syntax or semantics. Contains less than 4 paragraphs.	Fair Fair control of sentence structure. 3-5 errors or areas of weakness in syntax or semantics. Contains less than 5 paragraphs.	Good Good control of sentence structure, grammar, and mechanics. 1-3 errors or areas of weakness. Follows 5 paragraph essay format.	Excelllent Excellent control of sentence structure, grammar, and mechanics. Follows 5 paragraph essay format.