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Format
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The student did not
adequately create and write the postcard in the postcard
format.
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The student developed
the postcard with some aspects of the format, but not
all.
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The student created
the postcard with most aspects of the format, but not
all.
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The student adequately
created the postcard in postcard format.
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Mechanics of Writing
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The student did not
write complete sentences and/or had more than five grammatical
errors on the postcard.
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The student did not
write complete sentences and/or had three to four grammatical
errors on the postcard.
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The student wrote some
complete sentences, but not all and/or had one to two
grammatical errors on the postcard.
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The student wrote in
complete sentences and had no grammatical errors on
the postcard.
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Postcard Length
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The student wrote one
to two sentences on their postcard.
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The student wrote three
to four sentences on their postcard.
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The student wrote five
to six sentences on their postcard.
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The student wrote seven
to eight sentences on their postcard.
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Creativity
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The student did not
include pictures or artwork on their postcard.
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N/A
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N/a
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The student did include
pictures or artwork on their postcard.
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Demonstrates Knowledge
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The student does not
demonstrate knowledge of content in their writing, and
needs review on the topic.
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The student demonstrates
little knowledge of content in their writing, but needs
some review on the topic.
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The student demonstrates
some knowledge of content in their writing, but is lacking
some aspects and needs some review on the topic.
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The student demonstrates
a great deal of knowledge of content in their writing.
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Describe Knowledge
of Settlement Patterns and how natural disasters affected
the settlements.
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No discussion of settlement
patterns or natural disasters.
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Writer only mentions
settlement patterns, but not natural disasters.
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Writer demonstrates
knowledge of settlement patterns and the effect that
natural disasters had on the population.
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Writer demonstrates
detailed knowledge of settlement patters and explains
clearly the impact that natural disasters had on the
population.
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Describe how language,
stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve
as expressions of culture and influence behavior of
people living in a particular culture.
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No discussion of culture
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Discussion of culture,
but not a clear or accurate representation.
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An accurate representation
utilizing at least one of the following expressions
of cultures: language, stories, folktales, music, or
art.
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An accurate representation
utilizing at least two of the following expressions
of cultures: language, stories, folktales, music, or
art.
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Demonstrate knowledge
of the economy during the time period of your book.
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No discussion of the
economy.
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Poor portrayal of the
economy.
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Accurate discussion
of economy but no examples.
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Accurate discussion
of economy along with examples.
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Identify the audience
and the purpose for writing your postcard.
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No identification of
your audience (No Dear...,) or purpose for your postcard.
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Only identification
or purpose but not both.
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Identification clear
and you have included a purpose, but it is vague.
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Identification and
purpose are clear and well written.
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Select details that
support your topic sentence utilizing vivid and descriptive
words.
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Details do not support
topic sentence.
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Details support topic
sentence but are not descriptive
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Details support topic
sentence and some words are descriptive
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All details support
topic sentence and are very descriptive
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