Civil War Multi-Genre Scrapbook
Name(s)______________________________________________________
Score__________________/50
IDEAS AND
CONTENT:
*Reader finds
new or littleknown
information.
*Annotations
show depth of
thought and
characterization
*Scrapbook
contains evidence
of true Primary
source
documents as
well as facsimiles
ORGANIZATION:n
*Guidelines are
followed without
fail.
*Writer shows an
order that works
well; details are
Language Arts Portion
2
Little
information;
inadequate
combination
of genuine
and made-up
mementos
6
Some new
ideas, but too
general;
minimally
acceptable
combination
of genuine
and made-up
mementos
8
Many new,
interesting
pieces of
information;
acceptable
combination
of genuine
and made-up
mementos
10
Exception
quality of
interesting
pieces of
information.
Displays
higher level
thinking
2
Poorly
organized
6
Reader can
follow your
ideas, but
loses the flow
and is
confused
8
Nicely
organized;
above
average;
reader can
10
Information
presented in
a creative but
logical way;
no problems
in the right place;
product is
colorful and
visually appealing
VOICE:
2
*Voice shows
Unclear who
writers have a
wrote this
true
understanding of
their character;
reader envisions
character
speaking directly
to him; product is
full of feelings
WORD
2
CHOICE/FLUENCY: Poorly done
*Author uses the
right words in the
right places; ideas
are cohesive;
reader loves the
sound of the
writing
follow all of
your ideas
following the
flow of ideas
6
Reader
understands
your
characters
but feels
nothing
8
Reader can
feel the
character and
understands
them as a
person
10
Voice is
consistent;
reader feels
character and
emotion is
invoked
within reader
6
You’ve made
some
mistakes, but
reader gets a
general sense
of your
character
8
You use
exciting
words that
truly reflect
your
character;
you show
sentence
variety and
everything
10
You have
captured the
essence of
your
character
through
precise word
choice,
sentence
variety and
CONVENTIONS:
*Few errors in
use of language
2
You’ve made
numerous
mistakes;
writing is
difficult to
read
6
Some
mistakes in
language
usage but
main idea is
understood
flows
together
nicely
8
Almost
flawless
project
seemingly
flawless
cohesion
10
Flawless
project that
goes above
and beyond