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Letter From A Sailor

Ancient Athenian / Spartan Pen Pal Letters

Write a letter from the perspective of a sailor on a ship of exploration in 1700s-1800s

Rubric Code: P9C487

By renebarnard

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Subject: History

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Letter From A Sailor
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Exceptional 4 pts
Understanding of Topic	Poor Letter hardly illustrates the students' understanding of what life was like as a sailor or, the information has been cut and pasted with little or no editing.	Fair Letter vaguely illustrates the students' understanding of life of a sailor during the Age of Exploration.	Good Letter mostly illustrates the students' understanding of life of a sailor during the Age of Exploration.	Exceptional Letter clearly illustrates the students' understanding of a sailor during the Age of Exploration.
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 the topic.	Exceptional Pictures or inserts clearly illustrate life at sea in specified time. 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.	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!