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iRubric: Historic Journal Writing rubric

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Historic Journal Writing Historic Journal Writing This rubric evaluates the student's ability to incorporate historical facts to create an interesting and thought provoking journal entry. Rubric Code: YXACXBC By glojensen Draft Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Reflection Grade Levels: 6-8

Historic Journal Writing
	0 pts	2 pts	3 pts	4 pts
Historical facts Sufficent historical facts are incorporated in all three journal entries.	0 No journal submitted.	2 Historical facts are minimal and do nothing to add to the story and present a plausibe event or only 1 entry completed	3 Historical facts are present, they are sufficient in that they add to the story and present a plausible event or only 2 entries completed	4 Historical facts are numerous, they add quality to the story and present a plausible event. Applies to all three entries required
Writers Craft Students used descriptive language and detailed accurate descriptions	0 No journal submitted.	2 Descriptive langauge is very limited. Descriptions are present but lack detail.	3 Descriptive language is used to describe the author's environment and the description are detailed and accurate.	4 Descriptive language is used to describe the author's environment and a sense of awe is reflected in the writing. Descriptions are detailed and accurate. Historical phrasing is used creatively.
Knowledge The journal entries as a whole demonstrates the students understanding of the significance of the people and places involved in European Exploration of the Americas	0 No journal submitted.	2 The entries demonstrates a minimal knowledge of the time period	3 The entries demonstrates a satisfactory knowledge of the time period	4 The entries demonstrates an outstanding knowledge of the time period
Historical Dates	0 No Journal submitted or no historically accurate dates.	2 One entry includes historically accurate dates.	3 Two of the entries include historically accurate dates.	4 All three entries include historically accurate dates.
Research/Notes	0 No Journal submitted	2 Student did research on explorer (classtime) but failed to record information on a piece of paper or information collected is greatly lacking.	3 Notes only answer the questions provided on instruction sheet. Information is good, but student may need to do more research	4 Notes answer the questions provided on instruction sheet AND show additional research initiated by the students.