iRubric: Immigration Journal Article rubric

Ideas and statements in journal reflect minimal/no knowledge of immigration and has minimal/no understanding of what it would have been like at Ellis Island; did not try to imagine the circumstances

Ideas and statements in journal reflect little knowledge of immigration and a basic understanding of what it would have been like at Ellis Island; barely tried to imagine the circumstances

Ideas and statements in journal reflect some knowledge of immigration and some understanding of what it would have been like at Ellis Island; attempted to imagine the circumstances

Ideas and statements in journal reflect knowledge of immigration and what it would have been like at Ellis Island; clearly tried to imagine the circumstances

Many spelling/grammar mistakes in journal entry (more than 7 for each category)

Multiple spelling/grammar mistakes in journal entry (5 or 6 for each category)

A few spelling/grammar mistakes in journal entry (3 or 4 for each category)

Minimal spelling/grammar mistakes in journal entry (1 or 2 for each category)