Historical Fiction/Multicultural Fiction Rubric

HISTORICAL FICTION/MULTICULTURAL FICTION RUBRIC (Both books could also be nonfiction!) Title______Name______Author______Pages______Hour______Directions: Select questions about each literary element to answer. Your selections need to equal 35 points (or up to 5 bonus points). Answers must adequately complete the question (i.e. one or two sentences will NOT cut it for a 6 point question!!) Answers should be word processed. Knowledge and Analysis and Synthesis Evaluation (6 Comprehension Application (5 pts.) pts.) (4 pts.) In 5 sentences, tell me 5 What culture or time period What makes this culture or things you learned about is described in this novel? time period unique? What this particular time period Give 3 clues from the makes this culture or time or culture. reading that helped you to period significant enough to Background know this (besides them write a novel about? Information telling you that “it takes Provide at least 3 examples place in 1912”) from the novel to support your response. In 5 sentences, describe 5 What purpose might the What 3 things about your facts about the time period author have had for writing own culture or time period or culture discussed in your this novel? Give at least 3 would you share if you were novel. reasons why you believe it to write a novel? Story needs to be published (or Development why it should NOT have been published) In 3 sentences, describe the If you could rewrite this If you could choose the resolution to the conflict in time in history, what most influential person from Outcome/ history or culture discussed changes would you make? this time period or culture, Resolution in your novel. (For What would you keep the who would you choose and instance, as a result of the same? OR If you could give at least 3 reasons for Civil War the following rewrite part of this culture’s your choice. occurred ……) history, what would you change and keep the same? In 3 sentences, describe How would you compare If you were transported to how the author infers what this time period to life this time period or culture, Future will occur in the future as today? How is it similar or what role would you play? Implications the result of the conflict and different? OR How is this Give at least 3 reasons for resolution. culture like/unlike yours? why you’d be perfect in this (need at least 5 statements role. total)