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iRubric: I Have a Dream rubric

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I Have a Dream Students will write a reflection on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Rubric Code: C9752A By medjon01 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Very Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Depth of reflection	Poor Demonstrate little or no understanding of the prompt and the subject matter. Reflects on 1 theme.	Fair Demonstrate a limited understanding of the prompt and subject matter. Reflects on 2 themes.	Good Demonstrate a basic understanding of the prompt and subject matter. Reflects on 3 themes of the speech.	Very Good Demonstrate a thoughtful understanding of the prompt and subject matter. Reflect on 4 themes of the speech.	Excellent Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the prompt and subject matter. Reflects on 5 themes of the speech.
Textual evidence	Poor No examples from the text are used and claims made in your writing are unsupported and irrelevant to the topic at hand.	Fair Use incomplete or vaguely developed examples to only partially support claims in your writing.	Good Use examples from the text to support claims in your writing.	Very Good Use relevant examples from the text to support claims in your own writing.	Excellent Use specific and convincing examples from the text studied to support claims in your writing.
Language use	Poor Use language that is unsuitable for the audience and purpose with little or no awareness of sentence structure.	Fair Use language that is vague or imprecise for the audience and purpose and demonstrates a limited awareness of how to vary sentence structure.	Good Use basic but appropriate language, demonstrates awareness of audience and purpose, and some attempt to vary sentence structure.	Very Good Use language that is fluent and original, demonstrates awareness of audience and purpose, and the ability to vary sentence structure.	Excellent Use stylistically sophisticated language that is precise and engaging, demostrates awareness of audience, and purpose, and varied. sentence structure.
Grammar	Poor Demonstrate little or no awareness of grammar, making comprehension almost impossible.	Fair Demonstrate limited awareness of grammar, exhibiting frequent errors that make comprehension difficult.	Good Demonstrate partial awareness of grammar, exhibiting occassional errors that do not hinder comprehension.	Very Good Demonstrate awareness of grammar, exhibiting occassional errors only when using sophisticated language.	Excellent Demonstrate complete awareness of grammar with essentially no errors, even with sophisticated language.