Graphic Organizer

(25%)

Information-Letter
(40%)

Biography-Letter
(15%)

Style (20%)

Met

Emerging

Not Met

Students showed they

researched the Jim
Crow law in great
depth. Students
showed they read the
information and found
what portrayed to this
assignment.
Student explained in
the letter ten reasons
on how the Jim Crow
Laws effected their
character.
Student creates a
biography on their
character that is well
thought out and
developed.

Students showed they

researched the Jim
Crow law in some
depth. Students found
information but not
enough for the
assignment

Students did not show

they researched the
Jim Crow Laws.
Students had little to
no information for the
assignment

Student explained less

than ten reasons on
how the Jim Crow
Laws effected their
character
Student creates a
biography on their
character that is not
well thought out and
developed, but very
simplistic.
Letter has no spelling Letter either has a lot
or grammar errors.
of spelling and
The letter is more than grammar errors, not
250 words and has an more than 250 words
emotional tone.
or it is just
informational.

Student explained less

than five reasons on
how the Jim Crow
Laws effected their
character
Student does not have
a biography on their
character.

The letter has two or

more missing
requirements for style:
-No spelling errors
-Not more than 250
words
-Emotional tone