Thomas C. Leaf
The final and formal assessment of this unit will be a paper worked on during class time and a final draft prepared at home. This paper will be a student’s own “court opinion” on their decision on a Free Speech case brought before them. Each student will be charged with providing judgment based on the case’s particulars and provide a legal opinion on why they have come to that decision.
The scoring rubric is largely based on the CAPT English Language Arts Response to Literature rubric. This rubric is in wide circulation and should be already aligned with most district curricula or frameworks. Moreover this rubric is widely read and known and can thus be easily modified for specific classroom needs as could the format of the summative assessment.
