Question/Problem 5: Rate the presidencies of Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.

Reasons:Three acurate reasons given to demonstrate why a president was selected as best, three accurate reasons given to demonstrate why a president was selected as worst.
Six strong, thoughtful, and insightful reasons given.	5
Six adequate reasons given.	4
Five adequate reasons given.	3
Three or four adequate reasons given.	2
Two or fewer adequate reasons given to support selection.	1
Information: Facts, details, and examples are used to support each of the reasons for selecting a president as best or worst.
Variety of accurate facts, details, and examples.	5
Sufficient amount of material to support reasons.	4
Small amount of supporting information is included.	3
Little and/or inaccurate information included.	2
No supporting information is included.	1
Organization: Essay clearly included an opening paragraph, an organized body of information, and a conclusion.
Essay had definite beginning, middle, and end.	3
There is an attempt to organize.	2
No organization, lacking proper structure.	1
Writing style: Essay is readable ith varied sentence structure.
Clear and readable writing style.	2
Some parts of essay are not clear.	1
Grammar, mechanics, spelling.
Essay has been proofread. consistently correct.	2
Some weaknesses and errors.	1

17-16 = Excellent
15-14 = Good
13-12 = Satisfactory
11-10 = Needs Improvement
9- 5 = Unsatisfactory


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