100 POINT ESSAY RUBRIC

INTRODUCTION (10 POINTS) POINTS EARNED POINTS POSSIBLE

1. Opening statement quality 2

2. Briefly explain 1st topic (with historical examples – w/o examples) 2
3. Briefly explain 2nd topic (with historical examples – w/o examples) 2
4. Briefly explain 3rd topic (with historical examples – w/o examples) 2
5. Written in same order as question asked 2

BODY (75 POINTS) POINTS EARNED POINTS POSSIBLE

1. 1ST TOPIC: (25 POINTS)

- Information stated in Introduction is expanded on in Body 5

- Info. quality was:

a. Exceptional (20) d. sketchy/lacked detail (13) 20
b. Above Average (18) e. limited knowledge-poor (10 or less)
c. Average (16) f. not included (0)

2. 2nd TOPIC: (25 POINTS)

- Information stated in Introduction is expanded on in Body 5

- Info. quality was:

a. Exceptional (20) d. sketchy/lacked detail (13) 20
b. Above Average (18) e. limited knowledge-poor (10 or less)
c. Average (16) f. not included (0)

3. 3rd TOPIC: (25 POINTS)

- Information stated in Introduction is expanded on in Body 5

- Info. quality was:

a. Exceptional (20) d. sketchy/lacked detail (13) 20
b. Above Average (18) e. limited knowledge-poor (10 or less)
c. Average (16) f. not included (0)

SUMMARY (10 POINTS) POINTS EARNED POINTS POSSIBLE

1. Restate Main points of essay 2
2. Written in same order as
a. introduction 2
b. body of essay 2
3. NO NEW INFO.
a. none 4
b. some 2
c. a lot 1

OVERALL QUALITY (5 POINTS) POINTS EARNED POINTS POSSIBLE

a. Exceptional 5
b. above average 4
c. average 3
d. poor 2
e. unsatisfactory 1/0
TOTAL EARNED: TOTAL POSSIBLE: 100

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