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Gold Rush Rubric

PD students will write an essay attempting to answer the following questions: Why did people come? Where did they come from? What challenges did they face getting there? What challenges did they face, once they got to California? What was great about the CA Gold Rush? What was unfair? What did they leave behind? What did they return with? What were the effects on the Gold Rush to the Native Americans? How did the Gold rush affect California? Who suffered the most? Who was most successful? Why did people get along at first and they later turn to violence with each other? Could there have been a better way to have a gold rush? How did women get treated? How did women succeed? Who made the most money?

Rubric Code: R5565X

By travelsean

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Gold Rush Paragraph Essay
	Fantastic Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 4 pts	Good Reader understands writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Average-So so Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Not Good Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 1 pts
Response to Prompt 30 %	Fantastic Presents a clearly focused main idea that addresses prompt.	Good Uses the writing prompt to establish a main idea.	Average-So so Addresses the prompt, though the focus may shift.	Not Good Attempts to address prompt but with little or no success in establishing a focus.
Organization 20 %	Fantastic Establishes a clear and logical organization.	Good Uses an identifiable organizational plan.	Average-So so Shows some evidence of an organizational plan.	Not Good Fails to organize ideas.
Development & Details 25 %	Fantastic Achieves coherent development with specific and relevant details and examples.	Good Has focused but occasionally uneven development; incorporates some specific detail.	Average-So so Has some development but lacks specific details; may be limited to a listing, repetitions, or generalizations.	Not Good Demonstrates little or no development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information.
Spelling and Punctuation 25 %	Fantastic No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Good One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Average-So so Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Not Good More than four grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.