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Women's Rights Essay

For this final assessment, students will be asked to reflect, react, analyze, and/or elaborate on the following
quote:
Well-behaved women seldom make history. - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Students must consider the quote's relationship to the women's rights movements and leaders of the cause.
They will supply an argument or thesis for or against the quote's relevance to women's rights in the past
and/or present with various lines of evidence to support their point of view.
Proficient
25 Points

Emerging
19 Points

Beginning
13 Points

Argument/Thesis's
Strength

Student has created a wellcrafted argument that is both

insightful and meaningful to the
student's acquisition of
knowledge and synthesis of
material covered in the entire
unit.

Student has crafted an

argument, but does not display
acquisition of knowledge nor
synthesis of material covered in
the entire unit.

Student did NOT craft an

argument at any point of the
paper.

Evidence

Student has provided at least

THREE (3) lines of evidence for
their argument/thesis. All lines
of evidence support and add to
the original argument; as well as
detail the women's rights
movements and/or leaders of
the causes.

Student has only provided TWO

(2) lines of evidence for their
argument/thesis. The lines on
evidence support the original
argument and somewhat detail
the women's rights movements
and/or leaders of the cause.

Student has only provided ONE

(1) line of evidence for their
argument/thesis. The evidence
may support the argument, but
does NOT detail the women's
rights movements and/or
leaders of the cause.

Overall Structure

The essay has an easy to

understand flow and structure
with an introductory paragraph,
minimum of three body
paragraphs, and a conclusion.
The entire essay allows for the
argument to be presented,
substantiated, and concluded
with a final thought.

The essay has an

understandable flow, but lacks
sufficient paragraphs, i.e.
missing one of the following
paragraphs: an intro, 3 body, a
conclusion. The essay is missing
either the presentation,
substantiation, or conclusion to
make it a completed work.

The essay is difficult to

understand because of major
flaws to the overall structure.
The essay is missing multiple
paragraph components
including: an intro, 3 body, a
conclusion. The overall paper is
confusing and jumps around in
such a manner that makes it
hard to follow or truly
understand what is being
argued/stated in the essay.

Grammar and Spelling

Minimal spelling and

grammatical errors (between 0-5
errors). Errors do not heavily
detract from overall paper.

Some spelling and grammatical

errors (between 6-15) that
somewhat detract from the
overall quality of the paper.

Extensive spelling and

grammatical errors (16-30) that
heavily detract from the overall
quality of the paper.

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