Reconstruction Postcard Rubric

Task: Student will use information and notes from interactive notebooks to construct a postcard written from the point of view of a sharecropper, a plantation owner or a freed slave during the Reconstruction Period. Criteria

1 2 3 4 Points Included some Included many Included few specific specific Included no specific specific facts/details and facts/details and facts/details and facts/details and illustration to illustration to Supporting illustration describes illustration to describe the describe the ____ the author’s view of describe the Details author’s view of author’s view of the reconstruction author’s view of the the period the reconstruction reconstruction reconstruction period period period

Extremely well- Well organized Writing is somewhat organized writing Writing is disorganized writing with format Letter organized with with format and does not follow followed in a weak sense of followed Construction/ proper format; point of general way; point ____ format; point of view thoroughly; point of Point of View view not demonstrated of view is generally is inconsistent view is very consistent consistent

Draft shows little Draft shows Draft shows evidence of some evidence of strong evidence editing and editing and Draft shows no of editing and Writing revising; the revising that evidence of editing revising that ____ readability and somewhat Process and revising. improves the flow of the essay improves the readability and show only minor readability and flow of the essay improvement flow of the essay Less than 3 4 or more errors in Less than 4 errors No errors in errors in Conventional capitalization, usage, in capitalization, capitalization, capitalization, ____ spelling, or usage, spelling, usage, spelling, Standards usage, spelling, punctuation or punctuation or punctuation or punctuation

Total Points:

Grade 1-4 pts. = D 5-9 pts. = C 10-13 pts. = B 14-16 pts. = A

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