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New World Journal Students were to write a narrative from the perspective of a 'New World' Explorer. (350 - 500 words) Rubric Code: CXB35W9 By jregina Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

New World Journal
	Uh oh 1 pts	Needs More 2 pts	Getting There 3 pts	Where you should be 4 pts	Above and Beyond 5 pts
Prose (The Writing)	Uh oh The overall tone is informal, mechanical or indifferent; frequent word choice problems; limited vocabulary and confusing word order may make for difficulty reading aloud	Needs More The overall tone sounds informal, mechanical, or indifferent; there is little "flow"; there are word choice problems	Getting There The overall tone is acceptable and may be informal at times; words are used properly but not effectively; somewhat varied sentence structure	Where you should be Sentences are varied and sound natural; overall tone is formal, natural and interested; sufficient word choice	Above and Beyond Sentences are varied and graceful; the response "flows" well in terms of its "sound"; the tone is formal and effective for the intended audience and purpose; words meticulously and carefully chosen
Historical Context	Uh oh Severe and frequent misunderstandings of the historical context are present with multiple factual inaccuracies	Needs More Weaknesses with regard to the historical context with factual inaccuracies	Getting There Understanding of historical fact with some factual inaccuracies	Where you should be Effective use of historical fact in presentation of journal. Some facts are inaccurate	Above and Beyond Effective and/or creative use of historical fact in presentation of journal. All facts are accurate
Paragraph Organization	Uh oh Paragraphs are randomly done; the student does not have a clear idea of what a paragraph is	Needs More Paragraphs are loosely organized; topic sentences are not clear	Getting There Paragraphs need work in terms of coherence and controlling ideas; with some weakness in terms of controlling ideas	Where you should be Paragraph breaks make sense; paragraphs are organized and have a controlling idea and topic sentence	Above and Beyond Paragraph breaks are effective and strategic; paragraphs are organized, coherent and unified; paragraphs have a controlling idea
Grammar/Spelling/Mechanics	Uh oh Severe and frequent errors in grammatical and mechanical conventions	Needs More Weaknesses with regard to standard grammatical and mechanical conventions	Getting There Control of standard grammatical conventions with few errors	Where you should be Effective use of a wide range of grammatical and mechanical conventions with few errors	Above and Beyond Effective and/or creative use of a wide range of grammatical and mechanical conventions with no errors