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Historical Fiction Shortstories Historical Fiction Shortstories 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: ZB3C29 By Donwrite61 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Historical Fiction Writing
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 9 pts	Fair 8 pts	Poor 7 pts
Historical Fiction Concepts	Excellent My story includes 10 accurate facts about my historical time period 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 time period is mentioned in my story, 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.	Fair My story contains 7-8 facts or 2-3 are inaccurate. I only use one or two categories.	Poor My story has 5-6 facts OR more than 4 facts are inaccurate. My use of research is very limited.
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.	Fair The words used are acceptable but ordinary. Should try to use more expressive words.	Poor Word choice is uninspired, colorless, and dull or sounds like author is trying too hard to impress. Some words may be used incorrectly.
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.	Fair Scene has a few problems with fragments or awkward sentences.	Poor Sentences are often awkward or mechanical; little variety in length; may have many sentences that begin with the same word.
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.	Fair The figurative language used was acceptable, but ordinary. The wording is border line and probably would not have been used in that time period.	Poor 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..."
Conventions and Editing	Excellent I made 1-2 grammatical or punctuation errors and/or 1 spelling error.	Good I made some errors, perhaps by taking risks and using interesting words or sentences. There are 3-4 grammatical or punctuation errors and/or no more than 2 spelling errors.	Fair There are 5-7 grammatical or punctuation errors and/or no more than 5 spelling errors.	Poor There are more than 7 grammatical errors and/or more than 5 spelling errors.

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