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Slavery Essay

Students have been learning about pre-civil war culture and society. Students will take a stance on whether they would've been for slavery or against.

Rubric Code: Q234626

By mrjonesSSclass

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Subject: History

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Are you For or Against Slavery?
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts	Total Points (N/A)
Focus	Poor Essay lacks any clear focus, and is inappropriate or off-topic.	Fair Essay lacks a clear, unified event or theme, focus touches on some aspect of the assignment.	Good Essay expresses a clear and adequately developed point of view and an appropriate event or theme, focus adequately addresses assignment.	Excellent Essay has a clearly developed point of view and an engaging, unified event or theme; focus strongly addresses assignment.	Total Points ____/16 points
Content	Poor The student explains 1 event clearly within the paper. The 1 event connect with the unit.	Fair The student explains 2 events clearly within the paper. The 2 events connect with lessons we talked about.	Good The student explains 3 events clearly within the paper. The 3 events connect with the unit. Goes along with lesson ideas or topics.	Excellent The student explains 3 events clearly within the paper. It clearly identifies whether the student is either for slavery or against slavery.	Total Points ____/20points
Organization	Poor Essay lacks structures and has no relation to the story or unit.	Fair Hook is weak and moderately engages reader; narrative lacks clear conflict or purpose; ideas are presented in a confused or inappropriate sequence.	Good Appropriate hook engages the reader; some conflict or purpose anchors the narrative; ideas develop in generally appropriate sequence	Excellent Thoughtful hook engages reader; strong conflict or purpose anchors the narrative' ideas develop in a well executed sequence.	Total Points ____/ 8 points
Writing	Poor The paper is not written correctly. There is no complete sentences or revision of their work. Too many mistakes to count.	Fair The paper has quite of bit of errors. (8 or more) Did not take a lot of time to revise it.	Good The paper has some errors (4-8 errors)	Excellent The paper has little to no grammatical errors. (3 or less mistakes).	Total Points ____/8 points