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Ancient Athenian / Spartan Pen Pal Letters

Write a letter from the perspective of a character from Athens or from Sparta. Follow the criteria listed on our website as categories to cover in each of your respective letters. Include one drawing, map or photo to accompany each letter for a total of 4 letters/inserts each.

Rubric Code: L38AA5

By AhneCR

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Subject: History

Type: Homework

Grade Levels: 6-8

Character Pen Pal
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Exceptional 4 pts
Understanding of Athens/Sparta	Poor Letter hardly illustrates the students' understanding of what life was like in Athens/Sparta or, the information has been cut and pasted with little or no editing.	Fair Letter vaguely illustrates the students' understanding how life differed between the two city-states.	Good Letter mostly illustrates the students' understanding how life differed between Athens & Sparta.	Exceptional Letter clearly illustrates the students' understanding of how life was very different in Athens compared to Sparta.
Pictures/Maps/Inserts	Poor No inserts and no explanation.	Fair Some inserts may be missing.	Good Pictures are all present but limited in their representation of their city-state.	Exceptional Pictures or inserts clearly illustrate life in Athens or Sparta. Effort has been made to find something a little out of the ordinary.
Editing	Poor Contains many serious intrusive errors in grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling. Lacks sentence variety. Copied and pasted, or verbs not changed to reflect current living.	Fair May contain some intrusive errors in grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling. Illustrates little sentence variety. Letter doesn't contain much originality.	Good Student demonstrates control of usage, grammar, and spelling. Illustrates some attempt at sentence variety. Individual personality is evident.	Exceptional Student demonstrates mastery of grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling. Illustrates a variety of sentence structure. Creative and fun to read!