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Opportunities In Learning
Social Studies: World Cultures
Instructor: Brad Houk
World Cultures To Live ABDCE Essay Rubric
Due 23 January 2009
Directions: Write a 1,000 word essay how Zhang Yimou's movie, To Live, relates to your life. The essay is to be written with an ABDCE structure (that is: Action, Background, Description, Climax, Ending). Each structural element should be composed with at least one paragraph of each (preferably more); for example, one or more paragraphs of action, one or more paragraphs of background, and so on and so on. Finally, the essay should end with a bookend (that is, a connection back to the beginning of the essay).
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F (0 points)
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D (1 point)
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C (2 points) |
B (3 points) |
A (4 points, unless otherwise noted)
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Grammar, Mechanics & Typed Words |
The student did little or no work. |
The student wrote a 700+ word essay based on his/her life and Zhang Yimou’s movie To Live with 25 mistakes in grammar or mechanics on the third draft.
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The student wrote a 800+ word essay based on his/her life and Zhang Yimou’s movie To Live with 20 mistakes in grammar or mechanics on the third draft.
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The student wrote a 900+ word essay based on his/her life and Zhang Yimou’s movie To Live with 15 mistakes in grammar or mechanics on the third draft.
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The student wrote a 1,000+ word essay based on his/her life and Zhang Yimou’s movie To Live with 10 or less mistakes in grammar or mechanics on the third draft.
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Drafts
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The student wrote two rough drafts of 700+ words each and worked with the instructor to improve each draft.
(Note: 2 points)
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The student wrote two rough drafts of 800+ words each and worked with the instructor to improve each draft.
(Note: 4 points)
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The student wrote two rough drafts of 900+ words each and worked with the instructor to improve each draft.
(Note: 6 points)
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The student wrote two rough drafts of 1,000+ words each and worked with the instructor to improve each draft.
(Note: 8 points)
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Transitions
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The student did little work.
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The student wrote few transitions.
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The student wrote transitions between most paragraphs.
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The student wrote transitions between all paragraphs.
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The student wrote transitions within & between all paragraphs.
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ABDCE Structure
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The student did little or no work. |
The student wrote an essay in the ABDCE (i.e: Action, Background, Description, Climax, Ending) structure.
(Note: 6 points)
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The student wrote an effective essay in the ABDCE (i.e: Action, Background, Description, Climax, Ending) structure.
(Note: 12 points)
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The student wrote a clear and effective essay in the ABDCE (i.e: Action, Background, Description, Climax, Ending) structure.
(Note: 18 points)
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The student wrote an engrossing, clear, effective essay in the ABDCE (i.e: Action, Background, Description, Climax, Ending) structure.
(Note: 24 points)
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Bookend
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The student did little work. |
The student attempted a bookend. |
The student wrote an effective bookend. |
The student wrote a clear and effective bookend. |
The student wrote an engrossing, clear, and effective bookend.
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F: 0-10 D: 11-19 C: 20-29 B: 30-39 A: 40-44 TOTAL:
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little coner of the earth all one's lifetime." The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain
All photographs, drawings and prose by Brad Houk unless otherwise noted.
Copyright © 2008 by Brad Houk, All Rights Reserved
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