Fall of Rome DBQ Essay Rubric

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2	v1.0-s
3	Spelling & Grammar
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5		20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
6		Perfect	Excellent	Above Average	Average	Below Average	Needs Improvement	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
7		Perfect or nearly perfect when it comes to spelling and grammar. Around a 90% or above on Grammarly.	Minor spelling and grammatical errors. Around a 80-90% on Grammarly.	Minor spelling and grammatical errors. Around a 70-80% on Grammarly.	Major spelling and grammatical errors. Around a 60-70% on Grammarly.	Major spelling and grammatical errors. Around a 50-60% on Grammarly.	Significant spelling and grammatical errors; likely needs to completely rewrite the essay. Around a 40-50% on Grammarly.	Significant spelling and grammatical errors; likely needs to completely rewrite the essay. Around a 30-40% on Grammarly.	Significant spelling and grammatical errors; likely needs to completely rewrite the essay. Around a 20-30% on Grammarly.	Significant spelling and grammatical errors; likely needs to completely rewrite the essay. Around a 10-20% on Grammarly.	Significant spelling and grammatical errors; likely needs to completely rewrite the essay. Around a 0-10% on Grammarly.
8	Format
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10		5	4	3	2	1	0
11		Perfect	Excellent	Average	Below Average	Needs Improvement	Poor
12		No formatting mistakes.	Minor formatting mistakes.	Significant formatting mistakes.	Major formatting mistakes. Did not highlight essay.	Did not use MLA format, but highlighted correctly.	Did not use MLA format and did not highlight correctly.
13	Introduction & Conclusion
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15		5	4	3	2	1	0
16		Perfect	Excellent	Average	Below Average	Needs Improvement	Poor
17		Clear introduction and conclusion with a hook, grabber, and the thesis restated in the conclusion.	Minor mistakes in the formatting of the introduction and conclusion.	Forgot to include one of the following: hook, grabber, or thesis restatement in the conclusion.	Forgot to include two of the following: hook, grabber, and/or thesis restatement in the conclusion.	Forgot to include all three of the following: hook, grabber, and thesis restatement in the conclusion.	Did not include and introduction or conclusion.
18	Thesis Statement
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20		5	4	3	2	1	0
21		Perfect	Excellent	Average	Below Average	Needs Improvement	Poor
22		Clear thesis statement that follows the correct format.	Minor mistakes in the formatting of the thesis statement.	Forgot to introduce one of the three main body paragraphs in the thesis.	Forgot to introduce two of the three main body paragraphs in the thesis.	Did not introduce any of the three main body paragraphs in the thesis.	Did not include a thesis statement.
23	First Body Paragraph
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25		5	4	3	2	1	0
26		Perfect	Excellent	Average	Below Average	Needs Improvement	Poor
27		Clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot one of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot two of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot three of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot four or all of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Did not include the first body paragraph.
28	Second Body Paragraph
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30		5	4	3	2	1	0
31		Perfect	Excellent	Average	Below Average	Needs Improvement	Poor
32		Clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot one of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot two of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot three of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot four or all of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Did not include the second body paragraph.
33	Third Body Paragraph
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35		5	4	3	2	1	0
36		Perfect	Excellent	Average	Below Average	Needs Improvement	Poor
37		Clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot one of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot two of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot three of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Forgot four or all of the following: clear introduction to the paragraph along with three key facts to back up the main idea and commentary.	Did not include the third body paragraph.
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