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Manifest Destiny Essay Rubric Code: SX6235 By lgaona Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Manifest Destiny Essay
	Missing 0 pts	Poor 2 pts	Fair 4 pts	Good 5 pts
Introduction Paragraph	Missing Does not have an introduction paragraph.	Poor Introduction is difficult to follow, and does not have a thesis statement.	Fair Introduction is easy to understand, but does not have an obvious thesis statement (hard or soft).	Good Introduction is easy to understand, and has an obvious thesis statement.
Land Purchase Paragraph	Missing Does not have a paragraph describing land purchased.	Poor Paragraph does not have a topic sentence and at least three detail sentences.	Fair Paragraph has a topic sentence and at least three detail sentences (details may be covering the same idea).	Good Paragraph has a topic sentence, and three to five well thought out detail sentences covering different examples.
Land Treaty Paragraph	Missing Does not have a paragraph about land acquired through a land treaty.	Poor Paragraph does not have a topic sentence and at least three detail sentences.	Fair Paragraph has a topic sentence and at least three detail sentences (details may be covering the same idea).	Good Paragraph has a topic sentence, and three to five well thought out detail sentences covering different examples.
War/ Battle Paragraph	Missing Does not have a paragraph about land acquired through war or a battle.	Poor Paragraph does not have a topic sentence and at least three detail sentences.	Fair Paragraph has a topic sentence and at least three detail sentences (details may be covering the same idea).	Good Paragraph has a topic sentence, and three to five well thought out detail sentences covering different examples.
Conclusion Paragraph	Missing Does not have a conclusion paragraph.	Poor Conclusion is difficult to understand, and comes to an awkward ending.	Fair Conclusion is easy to understand but may introduce new information (that should have been in body paragraphs).	Good Conclusion is easy to understand and has a feeling of completion.