Name _____________________________ Date ________________________ Period ______
My Personal
Declaration of Independence
Your Declaration of Independence must follow this format:
I. Preamble
A. From what are you declaring independence?
B. What are the conditions causing the desire to separate?
II. Nature of the Complaint
A. Describe the ideal (best) solution
B. Describe the actual/most tolerable solution
C. Describe the remedy to correct the complaint
III. Grievances/Complaints
A. Specifically describe 5 grievances
IV. Formal Statement of Independence
A. State IN YOUR OWN WORDS that all other efforts have failed &
therefore the only acceptable solution remaining is to declare independence!
Rubric
CATEGORY
Preamble
Nature
of
Complaint
Grievances
Formal
Statement of
Independence
Organization
and
Creativity
Title, Name,
Date, Period
Exemplary (4)
Your declaration of
separation is clearly
stated and is forceful
The nature of your
complaint contains the
Ideal & Actual situations
and the remedy to the
complaint
5 grievances are well
demonstrated in the
essay body
The resolution is stated
clearly
Proficient (3)
Nearing Proficient (2)
Your declaration of
Your declaration of
separation is clearly stated,
separation is stated,
but it does not have
but very superficial
enough depth to be forceful
Progressing (1)
Your statement of
declaration is weak
One of the elements is
missing or done poorly
2 of the elements are
missing
This section is not
present in the work
4 grievances are within the
body of the essay
3 grievances are within
the body of the essay
Only 1 or 2 grievances
exist with the body of
the assignment
The resolution has a few
errors which do not tell me
what they did to get to
independence
The resolution is
somewhat stated, but
not in the terms of the
assignment given
There is nothing given
in the category for me
to grade
Ideas are not
organized or
understandable. Work
looks like minimal
effort was applied.
There is a lack of
organization.
Work lacks appeal.
Looks rushed &
hurried.
N o creativity present.
Followed directions, few
Followed most of directions
errors. Ideas are
and few errors. Ideas are
organized &
slightly disorganized and
understandable.
understandable. Can tell
Creative & interesting to
some time and effort were
read. Can tell much time
spent working on it.
& effort spent on it.
Name, Date, Period & Name, Date, Period, & Title
Title are clearly labeled
are located on the work,
on the work
but difficult to find
Parts of the 4 are
missing.
There is nothing given
in this category for me
to grade.