Assessment

**Description** : A rubric in student language written for elementary students to self-assess a diary or letter written from the point of view of an historical figure. **Keywords** : History **Instructions** : Use this rubric to self-assess your historical diary or letter. **Categories** **Grade Level** : 3-5 **Subject** : **Type of Assessment** : Print Publications
 * **4** ||  **2**  ||  **3**  ||  **1**  ||
 * ====** Content **==== ||
 * I include details that might have happened to the person I am writing as. I make inferences about people, places, and events during the time period. || I try to include some details that I imagine might have happened to the person I am writing as, but some of my details are not very logical. || I include some details that I imagine might have happened to the person I am writing as. || I do not imagine details that might have happened to the person I am writing as, or the details I imagine are not logical. ||
 * ====** Research **==== ||
 * I do research about the person and time period I am writing about. I accurately describe many people, places, and events in my diary or letter. || I refer to some specific historical people, places, and events, but some of my facts are incorrect. || I do research about the person and time period I am writing about. I accurately describe some people, places, and events in my diary or letter || I do not refer to specific historical people, places, and events, or when I do, my facts are incorrect. ||
 * ====** Writing **==== ||
 * I use vivid, interesting words to create pictures in the audience’s minds. My writing sounds like the character I am pretending to be. || I try to use interesting language in my story. Some of my language is predictable. At times, my writing sounds like the character I am pretending to be. || I use interesting language in my story. Most of the time, my writing sounds like the character I am pretending to be. || The language in my story is ordinary and predictable. My writing does not sound like the character I am pretending to be. ||
 * ====** Format **==== ||
 * My writing correctly follows the format of a letter or diary. || My writing has some of the features of a letter or diary. || My writing generally follows the format of a letter or diary. || My writing does not follow the format of a letter or diary. ||
 * ====** Creativity **==== ||
 * I include unusual and surprising features that make my diary or letter more meaningful, realistic, or interesting. || I try to include some unusual features that make my diary or letter more realistic or interesting, but the features are sometimes distracting. || I include some features that make my diary or letter more realistic or interesting. || I do not include any features that make my diary or letter more realistic or interesting.ORThe unusual features I include distract from the overall meaning of the writing. ||
 * ====** Conventions **==== ||
 * My letter or diary has no errors in mechanics or grammar, unless I use errors on purpose to portray the person I am writing as. || My letter or diary has some errors in mechanics or grammar that take away from the meaning. || My letter or diary has no errors in mechanics or grammar that take away from the meaning. || My letter or diary has so many errors in mechanics and grammar that my writing is difficult to understand. ||