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"The Tempest" Post-Assessment

A timed, in-class essay response to a writing prompt on "The Tempest."

Rubric Code: P2449X

By gilbertc

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Subject: Humanities

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

"The Tempest" Assessment
	Poor 17 pts	Fair 20 pts	Good 23 pts	Excellent 25 pts
Essay	Poor You have not answered the question in essay form.	Fair You have attempted to develope an essay response to the question. Your essay is missing one or more of the following elements: an introduction, a body, a conclusion, and a thesis statement.	Good You have developed a standard essay response to the question. Your essay has an introduction, a body, a conclusion, and a thesis statement. One or more of these elements could use more development.	Excellent You have developed a complete, sophisticated essay response to the question. Your essay has an introduction, a body, a conclusion, and a thesis statement.
Support	Poor Your answer was vague and you did not mention specific examples from the play at any point. OR You referenced the play incorrectly more than once.	Fair You used at least one specific example from the play to back up your thesis. You did not specifically reference a quote, act, scene, or line.	Good You have used several specific examples from the play to back up your thesis. You specifically referenced a quote, act, scene, or line at least once.	Excellent You have used many specific examples from the play to back up your thesis. You referenced a specific quote, act, scene, or line more than once.
Connections	Poor You did not make any appropriate or relevant connections in your essay.	Fair You made at least one appropriate connection between the play and history.	Good You made two or more appropriate connections between the play and history.	Excellent The connection between the play and history was the main idea of your essay. It was a coherent theme that you consistently referenced in your essay.
Substance	Poor You did not answer two or more parts of the prompt.	Fair You did not answer one part of the prompt.	Good You answered all of the parts of the prompt, but some of your essay was choppy or disjointed and felt forced.	Excellent You completely answered the prompt in a sophisticated manner.