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Mark Twain - A History of a Great American Writer
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| # | Beginning 1 | Developing 2 | Very Good 3 | Exemplary 4 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Biographical study of Samuel Langhorne Clemens also known as Mark Twain, his history, his genre, his personal and professional life. | Use of generalizations, poorly developed ideas, little to no documentation of resource. | Surface information, general ideas, systematic but not enough detail, few resources with limited documentation | Showing a real grasp of the author, some detail about his life that may not be so commonly known, more detailed resources including historical texts and documentation about his youth, family life, and inspirations. | Complete understanding of the author, his personality, his characteristics and what he stood for; details about his life, career, family life including relationships, children, personal losses; multiple resources from reputable origins and clearly documented. | 10% |
| 2. Successful completion of 20 Multiple Choice questions about Mark Twain, his biographical history. | 0-10 = 25% | 10-15 = 50% | 15 - 19 = 75% | 20 = 100% | 10% |
| 3. Written essay about Twain using the historical data and information learned about him, presented any way chosen. | Poorly developed paragraphs, excessive spelling and grammatical errors, poor sentence structure, simplistic development of ideas. | Reasonably good paragraph structure, simple development of ideas, fewer spelling and grammatical errors, respectable sentence structure. | Reasonably clear development of ideas, clear writing style, good paragraph structure, complex development of ideas, fewer spelling and grammatical errors, main points relatively clear and outlined | Concise idea development, good spelling and grammar, direct and well thought out sentences and idea development, clear introduction, body, and conclusion. | 30% |
| 4 & 5 - Creation of 20 questions and writing magazine article resulting from the 20 question interview with Mark Twain | Simplistic questions, general responses by Mark Twain resulting from less than detailed research of his life. Unable to communicate his humor, style and personality with the use of the questions. Reader walks away with many questions that have not been asked - perhaps about his personal life, trials and tribulations, personal losses, personal gains. | Better questions - more detail, and more thought provoking. Lack of ability to relate the writer's humor, few questions (or none) about his life, background, education, and personal things that a reader would be interested in. Reader walks away with a fair amount of information about the writer, but not fully satisfied that there is any closure or completion from the audience perspective. | More descriptive questions - maybe some about his famous books, more questions about his life and times, some questions about his family but still unable to communicate to the reader of his humor and style. The reader walks away without the feeling that they know the writer or can make any personal connections to him. | Pointed and personal questions about his personal life, education, career history. More questions about his family, his political views, his writing style. Ability to communicate to the reader his humor, his observations, his views on life, politics, and interpersonal relationships. Ability to have the reader walking away with a new perspective and knowledge about Mark Twain and how his work may have inspired countless other writers, teachers, politicians, and others, and the reader feels they have a whole new understanding about the writer having learned information they otherwise didn't know. | 50% |
Total Score: 100% |
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