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Cause and Effect Essay Cause and Effect Essay Students objective is to present a well organized essay showing the cause and effect of a period in American History Rubric Code: Z588X7 By astriar Draft Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Cause and Effect
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Great 4 pts
Audience and Purpose	Poor Addresses no specific audience or purpose.	Fair Misses a target audience by including a wide range of word choice and details; present no clear purpose.	Good Targets an audience through most word choice and details; identifies purpose in introduction	Great Consistently targets an audience through word choice and details; clearly identifies purpose in introduction
Organization	Poor Demonstrates a lack of organizational strategy; creates a confusing presentation.	Fair Presents an inconsistent organizational strategy; creates ilogical presentation of causes and effects.	Good Presents a clear organizational strategy with occasional inconsistencies to show cause and effect.	Great Presents a clear, consistent organizational strategy to show cause and effect.
Elaboration	Poor Develops and elaborates no links between cuases and effects.	Fair Links some causes with some effects; elaborates connections among some ideas.	Good links causes with effects; elaborates connections among most ideas.	Great Successfully links causes with effects, fuly elaborates connections among ideas.
Use of language	Poor Demonstrates poor use of language; presents many mechanical errors.	Fair Misses some opportunites for transistions to convey ideas; presents many mechanical errors.	Good Chooses transistions to convey ideas; presents few mechanical errors.	Great Chooses clear transitions to convey ideas; presents very few mechanical errors.