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Historical Critique of Hurston Essay 
Role of Shylock Essay
From the perspective of a 1968 literary critic and Civil Rights activist, write an essay critiquing Hurston's 1928 essay "How It Feels To Be Colored Me". In your essay, discuss how her views on race and race relations are helpful / harmful to the Civil Rights movement's progress and evaluate the extent to which a well-known Civil Rights leader would agree with her.
Rubric Code: R97X8X
By kjmannion
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Poor

1 pts

Weak

2 pts

Acceptable

3 pts

Good

4 pts

Consistency of Argument

Poor

Thesis may never be clearly stated or implied OR opinion wavers back and forth. Student seems not to understand task given.
Weak

Thesis may not be clear in introduction OR Thesis clear, but several points raised in essay are unrelated to or take away from argument.
Acceptable

Thesis is clearly articulated in introduction. Opinion is defended with reasonable consistency throughout the remainder of essay. A couple of sentences are unrelated to or take away from argument.
Good

Thesis is clearly articulated in introduction. Opinion is defended consistently throughout remainder of essay. Counterclaim is brought up and effectively refuted.
Supporting Evidence

Poor

Essay is poorly developed, relying on generalities to support opinion. Textual specifics and quotations are lacking.
Weak

Essay uses accurate details from the text to support points, but without using any quotations OR Essay includes quotations, but provides minimal context or analysis for those quotations.
Acceptable

Essay is developed with accurate details from the text. However, analysis may be lacking in some spots and/or there may be fewer than 4 quotations from the text.
Good

Essay is well developed with accurate and specific details from the text including four textual quotations (words, phrases, or sentences) All quotes are carefully chosen to illustrate points, and their context and significance are explained.
Analysis of Tone

Poor

Writer does not address tone in essay.
Weak

Writer correctly identifies and discusses Hurston's tone in 1 part of her essay.
Acceptable

Writer correctly identifies and discusses Hurston's tone in 2 parts of her essay. However, this discussion of tone is not linked to the overall argument.
Good

Writer correctly identifies and discusses Hurston's tone in at least 2 parts of her essay. Writer links this discussion of tone to his/her overall argument (how Hurston's tone makes her views on race more or less useful to the Civil Rights cause.)
Research on Civil Rights Leader

Poor

Writer brings up a Civil Rights leader, but has done no research. Writer does not attempt to say whether this leader would agree or disagree w/ Hurston's ideas.
Weak

Writer brings up a Civil Rights leader, but may not have done research, instead relying on common knowledge. Reasons for why he/she would agree or disagree with Hurston are pure speculation.
Acceptable

Writer has researched civil rights leader, bringing in details that the average layperson would not know offhand. Writer gives reasons why he/she would agree or disagree with Hurston, but these reasons may be unsupported.
Good

Writer has researched civil rights leader, bringing in details that the average layperson would not know offhand AND gives clear biographical reasons why he/she would agree or disagree with Hurston's overall views on race.
Organization / Flow of Ideas

Poor

Essay reflects little to no organization (No paragraph breaks, No attempt to organize information by topic, etc.)
Weak

Essay reflects some attempt at organization by being broken down into paragraphs, but there are many irrelevant or out of place sentences.
Acceptable

Essay has a logical flow throughout; however, there may be certain sentences within some body paragraphs that seem irrelevant or out of place. Transitions may be lacking.
Good

Essay has a logical flow from beginning to ending. Individual body paragraphs are well organized, each articulating its own individual train of thought. Transitions are used to assist flow.
Language Use

Poor

Language use is inappropriate; Student shows a lack of command of basic sentence structures / vocabulary. Writing style is at odds with purpose of assignment.
Weak

Language use is overly casual; tone may be overly subjective. Student may show a lack of command of basic sentence structures / vocabulary.
Acceptable

Language use is appropriate; tone is mostly formal and objective. Sentence structures are correct, but may lack variation.
Good

Language use is sophisticated; tone is formal and objective. Sentence structures are varied, and essay has notable sense of voice.
Conventions

Poor

Essay contains recurring errors in numerous categories reflecting a total lack of proofreading.
Weak

Essay may contain recurring errors in 3 or more categories.
Acceptable

Essay may contain recurring errors in 1-2 category.
Good

Essay may contain a few errors, but generally shows good command of spelling, punctuation, capitalization,and grammar.




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