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CHC World War One - Letter from the Trenches Letter to the Editor adopting historical perspective As a Canadian soldier fighting on the front line, students write a letter home to a loved one describing life in the trenches. Rubric Code: B5C799 By mmorris1970 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Journalism Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Letter Home /25
	Fair - Level 2 (N/A)	Good - Level 3 (N/A)	Excellent - Level 4 (N/A)
1 Letter Format /5	Fair - Level 2 The writer is missing more than one element from the correct letter format.	Good - Level 3 The writer is missing one element from the correct letter format.	Excellent - Level 4 The writer uses correct letter format - date, salutations, body, closing); student has made a solid effort to have letter look authentic, like a primary source (true WW1 letter - discoloured, misshapen, "cursive")
2 Historic Elements /10	Fair - Level 2 The writer makes little attempt to create a personal story, with only 1-2 details about life in the trenches.	Good - Level 3 The writer adopts a personal story that has at least 5 specific details mentioned about life in the trenches (weapons, locations, people, daily life, battle)	Excellent - Level 4 The writer creates a personal story that includes 8 different facts from WW1 (details about specific location, a known WW1 figure, specific date, trench life, two different weapons, a battle name). Facts are historically accurate and detailed. A top mark will be given for students that go beyond the 8 facts).
3. Language /5	Fair - Level 2 The letter has many mistakes in spelling and puctuation. There are 3-4 incomplete sentences.	Good - Level 3 The letter contains some errors in spelling and puctuation. Student missed corrections that were pointed out by teacher or EA. Most sentences are complete.	Excellent - Level 4 The letter contains proper punctuation and spelling. There are full, correct sentences. Student was able to make all corrections independently.
Personal Elements / mood /5	Fair - Level 2 Letter had little or no natural flow. Feelings, opinions or ideas were not always evident, nor was personal tone.	Good - Level 3 Student's writing gave a somewhat realistic portrayal of a soldier's thoughts, feelings and opinions. The letter had some flow but there were moments when it seemed information was simply "jammed in" .	Excellent - Level 4 Letter has a distinctly personal tone. Student writing clearly portrayed feelings and opinions of their character / soldier. Reader had no problem picking up the intended tone of the writer. Information, events, feelings, etc. Have a natural flow / tone.