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Historical Fiction Writing Historical Fiction Writing This rubric will be used to grade your final historical fiction writing piece. To make sure to get full points, make sure that you have done all that the rubric asks for. Rubric Code: R399B6 By lawley Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Historical Fiction Writing
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Close 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Poor Effort 1 pts
Historical Fiction Concepts	Excellent My tavern scene includes 10 accurate facts about Colonial times and they are interwoven into my scene. My facts are varied (i.e. I have facts from many different areas like foods, utensils, manners, etc.).	Good The Colonial time period is mentioned in my tavern scene, but not interwoven. Story line doesn't flow very well and facts are clumped. I only have 9 historical facts or 1 is inaccurate. I use many of the same facts that are from the same categories, like food or utensils.	Close My tavern scene contains 7-8 facts or 2-3 are inaccurate. I only use one or two categories.	Needs Improvement My tavern scene has 5-6 facts OR more than 4 facts are inaccurate. My use of research is very limited.	Poor Effort My tavern scene has less than 4 facts or more than 5 are inaccurate. I chose all facts from the same research category.
Word Choice	Excellent The words used are striking and natural (e.g. “wondered” instead of “thought”). Powerful use of verbs and historically accurate words, phrases, and slang from the period.	Good Has some fine word choices and generally good language. Some parts may be routine. Should try to use more expressive words.	Close The words used are acceptable but ordinary. Should try to use more expressive words.	Needs Improvement Word choice is uninspired, colorless, and dull or sounds like author is trying too hard to impress. Some words may be used incorrectly.	Poor Effort The same words are repeated over and over and over. Some words may be confusing to the reader.
Sentence Fluency	Excellent Sentences are clear; they begin in different ways; some are longer than others; no fragments; paper is a delight to read out loud.	Good Sentences are mostly well-constructed, some minor errors. The tavern scene marches along, but doesn’t dance.	Close Scene has a few problems with fragments or awkward sentences.	Needs Improvement Sentences are often awkward or mechanical; little variety in length; may have many sentences that begin with the same word.	Poor Effort Scene is tough to read because almost all of the sentences are incomplete, run-ons, and/or awkward.
Figurative Language	Excellent My use of figurative language was imaginative and the language used is something that would be historically accurate like in the example "making a sound like a muffled drum." I did not use the easiest type of figurative language, I went outside my comfort area and took a risk.	Good I used figurative language, but it could have been more imaginative. It may have been routine. I could have taken more of a risk.	Close The figurative language used was acceptable, but ordinary. The wording is border line and probably would not have been used in that time period.	Needs Improvement Figurative language is uninspired and unimpressive or the language I chose would not have been used in the time period. For example, "it was as lame as..."	Poor Effort Figurative language was not included in my tavern scene (0).
Conventions and Editing	Excellent I made one grammatical or punctuation error.	Good I made some errors, perhaps by taking risks and using interesting words or sentences. There are less than 5 grammatical or punctuation errors.	Close My spelling is correct on common words. Some errors in grammar and punctuation. There are 6-7 grammatical or punctuation errors.	Needs Improvement Frequent errors are distracting, but do not interfere with the meaning of my paper. There are 8-10 grammatical or punctuation errors.	Poor Effort Many errors in grammar, capitalization, and spelling make the scene hard to read. There are more than 10 grammatical or punctuation errors.

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historical fiction, ancient china

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English

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Writing

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