Week of March 29 - Assignment Handout - Human Rights Essay Question/Prompt and Rubric

Student:

Rubric – Human Rights Issue

Essay Prompt: Write an essay describing a human rights issue that you feel is important. Then explain fully two original solutions to the issue you discussed.

THE STUDENT INCLUDED THE CORRECT ESSAY FORMAT:

Here is the suggested format (format may be different if student chooses, but format still must be clear and organized sensibly):

____ Introduction Paragraph

____ Introduction introduced the issue

____Introduction briefly mentioned the two suggestions to help the
issue described (optional)



_____ at least 1-2 body paragraphs describing the issue



_____ at least 2 body paragraphs describing possible solutions to the issue




_____ Conclusion Paragraph

_____ Conclusion summed up solutions to the issue discussed




THE STUDENT’S ESSAY WAS DEVELOPED COMPLETELY

_____ The student stayed on topic and does not have unnecessary information in paper




_____ The student described the issue clearly and fully in at least 1-2 paragraphs



_____ The student did not copy from the sources used. His/her own words were used when describing the issue.



_____ The student cited the sources used using bibme.org for help



_____ The student described at least two solutions to help the issue clearly and fully



_____ The solutions described were original and not taken from another source



_____ The solutions the student described were strong and could possibly help resolve the issue




THE STUDENT’S USE OF LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR IS CORRECT:

____The student wrote in complete sentences.



____The student’s sentences were clear and easy to understand.