Unit III: THE FOUNDING OF NEW SOCIETIES: 1607-1763
Question/Problem 4: Describe the ethnic, religious, social, educational, and governmental diversity in the English colonies.
Journal Entries: A journal Three strong, thoughtful,
entry is made for each of the and insightful entries made 5__
three geographic regions Three adequate entries made 4__
visited. Three brief entries made 3__
At least two entries made
in journal 2__
Student fails to clearly
make journal entries on topic 1__
Information: A variety of Variety of accurate facts,
accurate facts, details details and examples 5__
and examples used to describe Sufficient amount of material
the diversity found in each used to support entries 4__
region. Small amount of supporting
information is included 3__
Little and/or inaccurate
information included 2__
No supporting information
is included 1__
Organization: Journal entries Entries follow a clear pattern
follow some clear pattern of of organization 4__
organization that is followed Journal generally organized 3__
throughout the assignment. There is no attempt to organize
the journal 2__
No organization, lacking
consistent structure 1__
Writing style: Journal is Clear and readable writing style 3__
readable with varied sentence Readable but some parts of essay
structure are not clear 2__
Writing style makes essay
difficult to understand 1__
Grammar, mechanics, spelling. Grammar, mechanics, spelling
consistently correct 3__
Some weaknesses and errors 2__
Many errors make reading
difficult 1__
Proofreading. Essay proofread and neatly written or typed 3__
Essay neat but not necessarily
carefully proofread 2__
Neither proofread nor neatly presented 1__
23 - 21 = Excellent
20 - 18 = Good TOTAL SCORE______________
17 - 14 = Satisfactory
13 - 10 = Needs Improvement
9 - 6 = Unsatisfactory YOUR GRADE_______________