Was President Roosevelt justified in ordering Executive Order 9066?

write 5 paragraph essay

350 word

Was President Roosevelt justified in ordering Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the internment of Japanese American citizens?

Informative Rubric

Focus on a strong central
idea, a clear purpose, and an
understanding of audience

A unified structure, effective
organization, and strong
transitions

A unique perspective with
ideas and details to appeal to
the audience , and precise,
rich language that expresses
ideas and engages the reader

Rhythmic and flowing
language, and varied
sentences

Mechanical and grammatical
accuracy

6

Well-developed ideas using a wide
variety of relevant supporting
evidence and concrete details that are
appropriate to the prompt, task,
purpose, and audience

A cohesive structure that is easy for
the reader to follow, an engaging
introduction, a strong conclusion, and
strong, effective transitions

Exceptional

Exceptional

Exceptional

Writing that shows a distinct
personality, a style that is very well
matched to the topic, precise
language with a variety of powerful
and engaging words, and excellent
use of specific words and academic
vocabulary

Extremely clear, natural, and flowing
sentences, and strong variation in
length and structure

Exceptional

Exceptional

Few or no errors in grammar,
mechanics, punctuation, and spelling

Capable

Adequately developed ideas with

sufficient use of relevant supporting
4 evidence and details that are

somewhat appropriate to the prompt,
task, purpose, and audience

Capable

A generally cohesive structure with a
clear introduction and conclusion and
some use of transitions

Capable

Writing that shows limited
personality, a style that is appropriate
to the topic, interesting language with
some variation of words, and
adequate use of specific words and
academic vocabulary

Capable

Easy-to-follow sentences with some
variation in length and structure

Capable

Some errors in grammar, mechanics,
punctuation, and spelling that do not
significantly affect the writing

Emerging

Suggestion of a controlling idea;

demonstration of minimal
2 understanding of the prompt,

purpose, and audience; and
completion of few parts of the task

Emerging

Little paragraph structure and
cohesiveness, a poor introduction, a
poor conclusion, and few transitions

Emerging

Writing that shows unclear and
inconsistent personality, an
inappropriate style, uninteresting
language, no variation in word choice,
and infrequent use of specific words
and academic vocabulary

Emerging

Sentences that are too simple or
incomplete, and choppy writing

Emerging

Consistent errors in grammar,
mechanics, punctuation, and spelling
that significantly interfere with the
writing

Weight

Ideas

20%

Organization

20%

Voice and Word Choice

20%

Sentence Fluency

20%

Convention