QUESTION: How have your childhood experiences shaped you as an individual as you begin your high school career? The artifacts should also provide a context for what life was like in America in the early 21st century. Task Beginning Developing Focused Exemplary Pts Paragraph No was Few parts are well Some parts are well structured Well structured and 40 Structure submitted. structured in paragraph in paragraph format. Some thought out in Paper is poorly format. Few parts are parts are organized from paragraph format. structured. organized from beginning beginning to end. Clear and organized Paragraph to end. Major paragraph Paper did not include structure from requirements not sections missing. Line of introduction, body or beginning to end. met or very development is not conclusion. Paper included weak. logical. Ideas were not Line of development is introduction, body 0 pts connected with a somewhat logical and and conclusion. Line transition. coherent. Ideas could have of development is Topic sentences don’t been connected with a logical and coherent. relate to paragraph. smoother transition. Ideas are connected Need to separate and Consider more descriptive with smooth organize your ideas into topic sentences that lead-in to transition. 40pts separate paragraphs. a developed paragraph. 24 pts Concluding sentence should bring paragraph to a close. 32pts Language, No paper was Many spelling, grammar, Few spelling, grammar, Excellent spelling, 40 Sentence submitted. punctuation and punctuation and capitalization grammar, punctuation Mechanics, Spelling and capitalization errors; Word errors; Could have been more and capitalization; Grammar & grammatical selection, word choice carefully edited. Word carefully edited. Spelling errors are and sentence structure selection, word choice and Excellent word unacceptable. needs improvement. sentence structure could have selection. Varied 0 pts Need to proofread final been more varied. 32 pts word choice. Varied product. Needs extensive sentence structure. editing. 24pts One error is -3 pts 40pts Content and Inadequate Content is weak. Few Acceptable content. Lacks Very meaningful 40 Response content. Does details. details. content. Very not meet 24 pts 32 pts thoughtful response; requirements. Demonstrated critical 0 pts thinking; Six artifacts included in an organized manner, labeled with source line. 40pts Points 120 Two examples: One experience that changed me was 9-11-01 when the terrorists attacked the World Trade Center. This experience really made me wake up and realize that the world wasn’t as peaceful as a kid my age would believe it to be.
QUESTION: How have your childhood experiences shaped you as an individual as you begin your high school career? The artifacts should also provide a context for what life was like in America in the early 21st century. Task Beginning Developing Focused Exemplary Pts Paragraph Structure No was submitted. Paper is poorly structured. Paragraph requirements not met or very weak. 0 pts Few parts are well structured in paragraph format. Few parts are organized from beginning to end. Major paragraph sections missing. Line of development is not logical. Ideas were not connected with a transition. Topic sentences don’t relate to paragraph. Need to separate and organize your ideas into separate paragraphs. 24 pts Some parts are well structured in paragraph format. Some parts are organized from beginning to end. Paper did not include introduction, body or conclusion. Line of development is somewhat logical and coherent. Ideas could have been connected with a smoother transition. Consider more descriptive topic sentences that lead-in to a developed paragraph. Concluding sentence should bring paragraph to a close. 32pts Well structured and thought out in paragraph format. Clear and organized structure from beginning to end. Paper included introduction, body and conclusion. Line of development is logical and coherent. Ideas are connected with smooth transition. 40pts 40 Language, Sentence Mechanics, Grammar & Spelling No paper was submitted. Spelling and grammatical errors are unacceptable. 0 pts Many spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization errors; Word selection, word choice and sentence structure needs improvement. Need to proofread final product. Needs extensive editing. 24pts Few spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization errors; Could have been more carefully edited. Word selection, word choice and sentence structure could have been more varied. 32 pts One error is -3 pts Excellent spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization; carefully edited. Excellent word selection. Varied word choice. Varied sentence structure. 40pts 40 Content and Response Inadequate content. Does not meet requirements. 0 pts Content is weak. Few details. 24 pts Acceptable content. Lacks details. 32 pts Very meaningful content. Very thoughtful response; Demonstrated critical thinking; Six artifacts included in an organized manner, labeled with source line. 40pts 40 Points 120 Two examples: One experience that changed me was 9-11-01 when the terrorists attacked the World Trade Center. This experience really made me wake up and realize that the world wasn’t as peaceful as a kid my age would believe it to be.
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