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Gettysburg Turning Point Rubric

Harriet Tubman Post Rubric

A rubric for assessing essays relating to document based questions

Rubric Code: R7A89W

By petersr4

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Subject: History

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Gettysburg Post Rubric
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Organization	Poor Minimally develops some aspects of the task does not have 3 paragraphs.	Fair Demonstrates a satisfactory plan of organization; includes one to two paragraph	Good Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes all three paragraphs	Excellent Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes a final paragraph that explains why Gettysburg was a turning point of the war. Throughly develops all aspects of the task and is in depth
Use of Documents	Poor Does not incorporate relevant information. The student does not attempt to discuss all the documents.	Fair Incorporates relevant information of the documents only includes 1-2 of the 3 documents.	Good Incorporates relevant information of the documents only includes 3 of the 3 documents.	Excellent Incorporates relevant information all of the documents. Effectively uses both the information in the documents and Point Of View to strengthen their own argument.
Background	Poor Minimally discusses the background information learned in class. There are many factual errors (more than 3); it may not be clear that the student understands the events being asked about.	Fair Includes some discussion about the background information learned from start of module. There may be a few factual errors (less than 3); it may seem that the student is confused about the events being asked about or the student may misrepresent some of the information.	Good The student uses background information learned from start of module. There are no factual errors and it is clear that the student understand the information.	Excellent The student uses background information learned from start of module to highlight and accentuate their arguments. There are no factual errors and it is clear that the student understand the information.
Mechanics/ Grammar	Poor 10 + mechanical errors	Fair 5-10 mechanical errors	Good 3-5 mechanical errors	Excellent 2 or less mechanical errors