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Letter Home

You are a settler in New England. Write a letter to your family in England describing the land and resources of your new home. Be sure to include details describing 1) features of the land 2)how the community is changing and 3)how you and other families live.

Rubric Code: CCXC6A

By jenndavis

Draft

Public Rubric

Subject: History

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: K-5

Letter Home
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Friendly Letter	Poor Salutation and/or closing are missing.	Fair Salutation and closing have 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation.	Good Complies with all the requirements for a friendly letter (Salutation/Opening & Closing)
Ideas & Authenticity	Poor The letter seemed to be a collection of unrelated sentences. It was very difficult to figure out what the letter was about.	Fair Ideas were somewhat organized, but were not very clear. It took more than one reading to figure out what the letter was about OR the letter did not seem authentic for the time period.	Good Ideas were expressed in a clear and organized fashion. It was easy to figure out what the letter was about. The letter appears authentic for the time period.
Sentences & Paragraphs	Poor Most sentences are complete and well-constructed. Paragraphing needs some work.	Fair Most sentences are complete and well-constructed. Paragraphing needs some work.	Good All sentences are complete and well-constructed (no fragments, no run-ons). Paragraphing is generally done well.
Grammar & Spelling	Poor Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar and/or spelling.	Fair Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar and/or spelling	Good Writer makes 0-2 errors in grammar and/or spelling.
Content
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 4 pts	Good 6 pts
Features of the Land	Poor The letter contains no accurate facts about the topic or both facts are very vague.	Fair At least one of the two facts are not supported with specific details or the letter only contains 1 accurate and specific fact about the topic.	Good The letter contains 2-3 specific, detailed, and accurate facts about the topic.
Changing Community	Poor The letter contains no accurate facts about the topic or both facts are very vague.	Fair At least one of the two facts are not supported with specific details or the letter only contains 1 accurate and specific fact about the topic.	Good The letter contains 2-3 specific, detailed, and accurate facts about the topic.
Making a Living/Home Life	Poor The letter contains no accurate facts about the topic or both facts are very vague.	Fair At least one of the two facts are not supported with specific details or the letter only contains 1 accurate and specific fact about the topic.	Good The letter contains 2-3 specific, detailed, and accurate facts about the topic.

Keywords:

Social studies, New England Colonists

Subjects:

History

Types:

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