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A Day Rubric Historic

This rubric evaluates essays about historic tribes on five categories: incorporation of quotes, citations, and explanations (ICE); thesis statement; thesis support; conventions of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary; and organization and formatting. Higher point values are awarded for more thorough fulfillment of the criteria in each category, with the maximum total being 70 points. Specifically, the rubric rewards essays that include multiple properly cited and explained quotes, a clear and direct thesis statement, paragraphs that each begin with a transition sentence linking to the thesis, no spelling or grammar errors, and paragraphs with at least 8 sentences each in a legible font format.

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A Day Rubric Historic

This rubric evaluates essays about historic tribes on five categories: incorporation of quotes, citations, and explanations (ICE); thesis statement; thesis support; conventions of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary; and organization and formatting. Higher point values are awarded for more thorough fulfillment of the criteria in each category, with the maximum total being 70 points. Specifically, the rubric rewards essays that include multiple properly cited and explained quotes, a clear and direct thesis statement, paragraphs that each begin with a transition sentence linking to the thesis, no spelling or grammar errors, and paragraphs with at least 8 sentences each in a legible font format.

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Historic Tribes Essay Rubric

Category

Poorly Done

Okay/Average

WOW!

ICE

There are no or few quotes, there


are no citations, and there is no
explanation. (0 points)

There are 1-2 quotes that


are sometimes explained
and cited. (15 points)

More than three quotes


are introduced, cited
properly, and explained.
(20 points)

___/20

Thesis

There is no thesis or the thesis is


unclear and sloppy. Alternatively, the
thesis does not match the topic.
(0 points)

There is a thesis that is


incorrectly positioned, not
concise, and does follow
instructions for length.
(10 points)

The thesis is clear,


contains three reasons,
is correctly positioned,
direct, and is one
sentence. (15 points)

___/15

Thesis
Support

The thesis is not stated after the


introduction, and is not supported or
is poorly supported. The support
contradicts the thesis. (0 points)

Most paragraphs contain


transition sentences that
connect to the thesis, but
the connections are
unclear. (10 points)

Each paragraph begins


with a transition
sentence that connects
the contents of the
paragraph to the overall
thesis statement. The
thesis is supported in the
paragraph by quotes
and explanation. (15
points)

___/15

Conventions

There are multiple errors in grammar


and spelling, with few varied
vocabulary choices. (0 points)

There are few errors.


Vocabulary is somewhat
redundant. (7 points)

There are no spelling or


grammar errors
(including punctuation).
There is an exceptional
and varied vocabulary
throughout. (10 points)

___/10

Organization/
Formatting

The essay is typed in Comic Sans :(

The essay is in a legible


font, paragraphs contain
at least 5 sentences, and
formatting is correct. (7
points)

The essay contains a


myriad (at least 5) of
paragraphs which are
formatted correctly
according to rules of
font, size, and color.
Each paragraph should
contain a minimum of 8
sentences. (10 points)

___/10

Additionally, the paragraphs do not


flow together, spacing is incorrect,
there are less than 5 sentences per
paragraph. (0 points)

Point
Values

TOTAL
___/70

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