Name______Date______

Period___ Mrs. Napolitano Social Studies 7A

Rubric: Patriot/ Loyalist

Quality / 4
Responses at this level: / 3
Responses at this level: / 2
Responses at this level: / 1
Responses at this level:
Meaning: The extent to which the response exhibits understanding and interpretation of the task / ·  uses most significant reasons for decision
·  details and examples show insight and relate well to the reasons given / ·  uses relevant reasons for decision
·  details and examples show some insight and relate somewhat to the reasons given / ·  uses somewhat relevant reasons for decision
·  details and examples are weak, inappropriate, or not relevant to the reasons given / ·  uses weak reasons for decision
·  lacks details and examples
Development: The extent to which ideas are elaborated, using specific, relevant, and historically accurate information / ·  makes effective use of relevant and accurate historical information
·  develops ideas fully with thorough elaboration / ·  provides some relevant and accurate historical information
·  may include some minor inaccuracies
·  may be brief, with little elaboration, but sufficiently developed to answer question / ·  may provide some relevant and accurate historical information
·  may include some inaccurate information
·  may begin to answer the questions but are not sufficiently developed / ·  may contain a few accurate details
Organization: The extent in which the response exhibits direction, shape and coherence / ·  establishes and maintains a clear focus
·  shows a logical, coherent sequence of ideas through the use of appropriate transitions or other devices / ·  is generally focused, though may include some irrelevant details
·  shows a clear attempt at organization / ·  may attempt to establish a focus
·  shows some attempt at organization / ·  may focus on minor details or lack a focus
·  shows little or no organization
Language use: The extent to which the response reveals an awareness of audience and purpose through effective use of words, sentence structure, and sentence variety / ·  is fluent and easy to read, with vivid language and a sense of engagement and voice
·  is stylistically sophisticated, using varied sentence structure and challenging vocabulary / ·  is readable, with some sense of engagement or voice
·  uses some sentence variety and basic vocabulary / ·  is mostly readable, with little sense of engagement or voice
·  uses simple sentences and basic vocabulary / ·  is often repetitive, with little or no sense of engagement or voice
·  uses minimal vocabulary

Grade Conversion: 16= 100% 15=95% 14-= 90% 13-12=85% 11=80% 10=75% 9=70% 8=65%

7-6= 60% 5-4 = 55%