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Letter from the Titanic

The students are to write a letter from a passenger on the Titanic using information from the articles read in class, as well as research about assigned passenger from online resource.

Rubric Code: LAW5XW

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Great 5 pts	Point Earned/ Points Possible (N/A)
Letter Format Date, greeting, body, closing and signature are properly used.	Poor 2 or more parts of the letter are missing, or are out of order.	Fair 1 part of the letter is missing, or is out of order.	Great All 5 parts are properly used.	Point Earned/ Points Possible _____/5
1st Paragraph This paragraph contains at least 5 specific facts about the passenger aboard the Titanic.	Poor 3 or less facts about the passenger are used in this paragraph.	Fair Only 4 facts about the passenger are used in this paragraph.	Great At least 5 facts about the passenger are used in this paragraph.	Point Earned/ Points Possible _____/5
2nd Paragraph This paragraph contains at least 5 specific facts about the passenger's "class" aboard the Titanic.	Poor 3 or less facts about the passenger's "class" are used in this paragraph.	Fair Only 4 facts about the passenger's "class" are used in this paragraph.	Great At least 5 facts about the passenger's "class" are used in this paragraph.	Point Earned/ Points Possible _____/5
3rd Paragraph This paragraph contains at least 5 specific facts (learned from research) about the Titanic.	Poor 3 or less facts about the Titanic are used in this paragraph.	Fair Only 4 facts about the Titanic are used in this paragraph.	Great At least 5 facts about the Titanic are used in this paragraph.	Point Earned/ Points Possible _____/5
Topic Sentences The beginning sentence in each paragraph needs to be general and cover all details of the paragraph.	Poor 1 (or less) of the 3 topic sentences are well written and cover the remaining sentences of the paragraph.	Fair Only 2 of the 3 topic sentences are well written and cover the remaining sentences of the paragraph.	Great All 3 topic sentences are well written and cover the remaining sentences of the paragraph.	Point Earned/ Points Possible _____/5
Sentence Flow All sentences flow smoothly together and are written in an interesting way.	Poor 3 or more sentences need work to flow smoothly.	Fair 1 or 2 sentences need some work to flow smoothly.	Great All sentences flow smoothly together.	Point Earned/ Points Possible _____/5
Indentation Each of the 3 paragraphs need to be indented with the topic sentence.	Poor 1 (or all) paragraphs need to be indented.	Fair 2 paragraphs are properly indented.	Great All 3 paragraphs are properly indented.	Point Earned/ Points Possible _____/5
Conventions Capitalization<BR> Usage<BR> Punctuation<BR> Spelling	Poor 5 or more mistakes are made in the entire letter.	Fair 3 or 4 mistakes are made in the entire letter.	Great 1 or 2 mistakes are made in the entire letter.	Point Earned/ Points Possible _____/5
Total Earned/ Total Possible	Poor	Fair	Great	Point Earned/ Points Possible _____/40

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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