Persuasive Essay : "Could World War II have been avoided?

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Teacher Name: Mr. McShane

Student Name:

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3 - Meets
Standards

2 - Approaching
Standards

1 - Below
Standards

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Student posts
Interaction their essay on the
class wiki and
comments on the
pages of two or
more students.

Student posts
their timeline on
the class wiki
and comments
on the pages of
only one
student, either
confirming their
post was correct
and offering a
correction.

Student posts their

timeline on the wiki
but does not comment
on any other students'
pages.

Student does
not post their
timeline on the
class wiki
and/or does not
comment on
the pages of
two or more
students.

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Students replies
Comments are wellconstructed
paragraphs.

Students replies Students replies are Student does

are acceptably constructed poorly and not leave
constructed
1-2 sentences each.
comments.
paragraphs.

Accuracy

Almost all
Most supportive facts
supportive facts and statistics are
and statistics are reported accurately.
reported
accurately.

Most
supportive
facts and
statistics were
inaccurately
reported.

Arguments and
support are
provided in a
fairly logical
order that makes
it reasonably
easy to follow
the author\'s
train of thought.

Many of the
support details
or arguments
are not in an
expected or
logical order,
distracting the
reader and
making the
essay seem
very confusing.

CATEGORY

4 - Above
Standards

All supportive
facts and
statistics are
reported
accurately.

Sequencing Arguments and

support are
provided in a
logical order that
makes it easy
and interesting to
follow the
author\'s train of
thought.

A few of the support

details or arguments
are not in an expected
or logical order,
distracting the reader
and making the essay
seem a little
confusing.

Score

Sentence
Structure

All sentences are

well-constructed
with varied
structure.

Most sentences
are wellconstructed and
there is some
varied sentence
structure in the
essay.

Most sentences are

well constructed, but
there is no variation is
structure.

Most sentences
are not wellconstructed or
varied.

Grammar Author makes no

& Spelling errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from the
content.

Author makes 12 errors in

grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from the
content.

Author makes 3-4

errors in grammar or
spelling that distract
the reader from the
content.

Author makes
more than 4
errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from the
content.

Evidence
and
Examples

Most of the
evidence and
examples are
specific, relevant
and explanations
are given that
show how each
piece of
evidence
supports the
author\'s
position.

At least one of the

pieces of evidence and
examples is relevant
and has an explanation
that shows how that
piece of evidence
supports the author\'s
position.

Evidence and
examples are
NOT relevant
AND/OR are
not explained.

All of the
evidence and
examples are
specific, relevant
and explanations
are given that
show how each
piece of evidence
supports the
author\'s
position.