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Protagonist's Diary

Imagine you are the main character in your book. Write 7 days' worth of diary entries. Each entry must be at least one page long with 5-7 sentences per paragraph.

Rubric Code: WB8W55

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Protagonist's Diary
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Background Describe a main event and give important details to support it.	Excellent The entries are inviting, thoroughly states the main events that have been encountered by the character and includes several interesting details from the novel.<BR> There are (7) one page entries.	Good The entries clearly states the main events that have been encountered by the character and includes many interesting details from the novel. There are (6) one page entries.	Fair The entries states the main events that have been encountered by the character and includes some details from the novel. There are less than (5) one page entries.	Poor The entries occasionally state the main events that have been encountered by the character and include few details from the novel. There are less than (4) one page entries.
Point of view Write from the character's point of view (use I). Write details in the correct order in which they happened.	Excellent Details are effectively placed in a logical order and the way they are presented follows first person point of view.	Good Details are placed in a logical order and the way in which they are presented/introduced follows first person point of view.	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.	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.
Emotion Include how the character was feeling during the event.	Excellent Diary entry thoroughly focuses on character's feelings regarding the events they are involved in.	Good Diary entry clearly focuses on character's feelings regarding the events they are involved in.	Fair Diary entry focuses on character's feelings regarding the events they are involved in.	Poor Diary entry does not focus on character's feelings regarding the events they are involved in.
Spelling/ Grammar Make sure your spelling, language, and punctuation are all correct.	Excellent Diary entry is free of grammatical and spelling errors. All sentences flow logically together.	Good Diary entry contains few grammatical and spelling errors. Most sentences flow logically together.	Fair Diary entry contains some grammatical and spelling errors. Some sentences flow logically together.	Poor Diary contains many grammatical and spelling errors. Sentences rarely flow logically together.

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