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Civil War Letter Civil War Letter Rubric Code: G433BC By ahajian Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Civil War Letter
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 4 pts
Length	Poor Letter is less than a paragraph.	Fair Letter is a couple of paragraphs.	Good Letter is one page.
Ideas	Poor Ideas are expressed with little or no detail. Ideas are not complete.	Fair Ideas are expressed with some detail but are general and vague.	Good Ideas are expressed with great detail and are specific and clear.
Word Choice	Poor Student does not use words that describe character or time period.	Fair Student uses at least one word that either depicts character or time period.	Good Student uses two or more words that either depicts character or time period.
Historical Consciousness	Poor It is not evident that student is informed of or aware of the history of the time and the reasons for going to war.	Fair Student portrays some awareness and knowledge of the history and reasons for going to war but there are some gaps.	Good Student portrays awareness and knowledge of the history of the time and the reasons for going to war.
Grammar, Structure and Puncuation	Poor The letter lacks flow and doesn't make sense. There is no conscious effort given to punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.	Fair There is partial flow and minimal punctuation, spelling, and capitalization errors are notated.	Good Proper puncuation, spelling, capitalization, and grammar is correct and the letter is understandable.