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Historical Diary

Student is to "write" a diary of a person in history. The student will need to pretend that they are in this historical persons shoes. Historical events need to be accurate and addressed appropriately. Creativity is a must. Format errors will be counted. Entries must to of substance and more than a paragraph. Have fun and get creative.

Rubric Code: TX45WBB

By EvaWolf

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Subject: History

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5, 9-12

DIARY
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Average 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
CONTENT	Poor (5)Inaccurate historically;amount of information is significantly below expectations	Fair (10)Somewhat accurate. amount of information is slightly below expectations	Average (15)Historically accurate;amount is information is satisfactory	Good (20)Historically accurate; amount of information is above average	Excellent Historically accurate; appropriate entries for person; amount of information is abundant (25)
ORIGINALITY	Poor (2)Copied from sources or done by another person	Fair (4)Basic information presented in a typical format	Average (6)Meets grade level expections for the historical journal	Good (8)quite original and creative	Excellent Student original; unique & appropriately creative (10)
REQUIRED ELEMENTS	Poor 2-3 Entries with minimal to little information	Fair 3-4 Entries with minimal to little information	Average 4-5 Entries with minimal to little information	Good 5-6 Entries with a good amount of information	Excellent 5-6 Entries with large amount of information
FORMAT	Poor (2)Some entries inappropriate to time period;more than 13 errors in sentence structure, punctuation, spelling. Bibliography is not included.	Fair (4)Entries may have some minor inaccuracies; 9-12 errors in sentence structure, punctuation, spelling. Bibliography is missing information but is included.	Average (6)Appropriate entries related closely to time period. 5-8 errors in sentence structure, punctuation, spelling. Bibliography has three sources with some errors.	Good (8)Appropriate entries;fit time period; neat; only 1-4errors in sentence structure, punctuation, spelling. Bibliography has three sources.	Excellent Appropriate entries; fit time period; neat; sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling , correct bibliography format with three sources (10)