Historical Fiction: The Oregon Trail RUBRIC Student Name: ___________________________________________ Class Period: ____________________ CATEGORY 10 7 5 1 Effective Partially Effective Developing Ineffective Historical All facts presented Almost all facts At least 4 facts There are notable Accuracy in the story are presented in the presented in the factual errors in the accurate. story are accurate. story are story. Student fails inaccurate. to show relevant historical content. Requirements All of the written One of the Two of the Many of the requirements were requirements is requirements are requirements are met- rough draft, missing-rough draft, missing- rough missing. The final draft, 3 journal final draft, 3 journal draft, final draft, 3 student showed entries and the 4 entries and the 4 journal entries and little to no effort in components within components within the 4 components including the each entry. each entry. within each entry. components of the project. Grammar/Spelling There are less than There are no more There are no more There are more 2 spelling and than 3 spelling and than 4 spelling and than 4 spelling and punctuation errors punctuation errors punctuation punctuation errors in the final draft. in the final draft. mistakes in the final in the final draft. draft. Creativity The story contains The story contains The story contains There is little many creative an average amount few creative details evidence of details and/or of creative details and/or descriptions creativity in the descriptions that and/or descriptions and they distract story. The author contribute to the that contribute to from the story. The does not seem to reader’s enjoyment. the reader’s author has tried to have used much The author has enjoyment. The use his/her imagination. really used his/her author has used imagination. imagination. his/her imagination to an average extent. On Task Behavior No off task behavior 1-2 off task 3-4 off task More than 4 off task noted. behaviors noted. behaviors noted. behaviors noted. Total Score: /50 Project Points Due Date:
Historical Fiction: The Oregon Trail RUBRIC Student Name: ___________________________________________ Class Period: ____________________ CATEGORY 10 Effective 7 Partially Effective 5 Developing 1 Ineffective Historical Accuracy All facts presented in the story are accurate. Almost all facts presented in the story are accurate. At least 4 facts presented in the story are inaccurate. There are notable factual errors in the story. Student fails to show relevant historical content. Requirements All of the written requirements were met- rough draft, final draft, 3 journal entries and the 4 components within each entry. One of the requirements is missing-rough draft, final draft, 3 journal entries and the 4 components within each entry. Two of the requirements are missing- rough draft, final draft, 3 journal entries and the 4 components within each entry. Many of the requirements are missing. The student showed little to no effort in including the components of the project. Grammar/Spelling There are less than 2 spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft. There are no more than 3 spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft. There are no more than 4 spelling and punctuation mistakes in the final draft. There are more than 4 spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft. Creativity The story contains many creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader’s enjoyment. The author has really used his/her imagination. The story contains an average amount of creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader’s enjoyment. The author has used his/her imagination to an average extent. The story contains few creative details and/or descriptions and they distract from the story. The author has tried to use his/her imagination. There is little evidence of creativity in the story. The author does not seem to have used much imagination. On Task Behavior No off task behavior noted. 1-2 off task behaviors noted. 3-4 off task behaviors noted. More than 4 off task behaviors noted. Total Score: /50 Project Points Due Date: