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Dear Diary

Students will write diary entries in the voice of a character.

Rubric Code: E252XC5

By marioiozzo

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Dear Diary
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2 pts
Background	Excellent The entry is inviting, thoroughly states the main events that have been encountered by the character and includes several interesting details from the novel.	Good The entry clearly states the main events that have been encountered by the character and includes many interesting details from the novel.	Fair The entry states the main events that have been encountered by the character and includes some details from the novel.	Poor The entry occasionally states the main events that have been encountered by the character and includes few details from the novel.
Point of view & Emotion	Excellent Details are effectively placed in a logical order and the way they are presented follows first person point of view. Diary entry thoroughly focuses on character's feelings regarding the events they are involved in.	Good Details are placed in a logical order and the way in which they are presented/introduced follows first person point of view. Diary entry clearly focuses on character's feelings regarding the events they are involved in.	Fair Some details are not in a logical or expected order, and this distracts the reader. First person point of view is used most of the time. Diary entry focuses on character's feelings regarding the events they are involved in.	Poor Many details are not in a logical or expected order. There is little sense that the writing is organized. Entry is not written in first person point of view. Diary entry does not focus on character's feelings regarding the events they are involved in.
Structure and Style	Excellent Diary entry uses paragraphs and is in the style of a diary entry.	Good Diary entry uses paragraphs for the most part but is not styled correctly. The tone is a bit off for the assignment.	Fair Diary entry has only one paragraph and the style is not right for a diary entry.	Poor Diary entry is not correctly structured and the style does not match the assignment.
Conventions	Excellent Diary entry is almost free of grammatical and spelling errors. All sentences flow logically together. Fewer than 3 convention errors.	Good Diary entry contains few grammatical and spelling errors. Most sentences flow logically together. Fewer than 6 convention errors.	Fair Diary entry contains some grammatical and spelling errors. Some sentences flow logically together. Fewer than 9 convention errors.	Poor Diary contains many grammatical and spelling errors. Sentences rarely flow logically together. More than 9 convention errors.