Virginia Revolutionary Letters

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CATEGORY
Ideas

Content Accuracy

Sentences &
Paragraphs

Creativity

Grammar & spelling

(conventions)

4
Ideas were expressed
in a clear and
organized fashion. It
was easy to figure out
what the letter was
The letter contains 2
or more references to
the historian\'s
historical events and 2
or more ideas from
Sentences and
paragraphs are
complete, wellconstructed and of
varied structure.
The letter is written as
if it were from the
time of the
Revolution. It looks
and sounds authentic.
Writer makes 1-2
errors in grammar or
spelling.

3
Ideas were expressed
in a pretty clear
manner, but the
organization could
have been better.
The letter contains 12 references to the
historian\'s historical
events and 1-2 ideas
from the Declaration
All sentences are
complete and wellconstructed (no
fragments, no runons). Paragraphing is
The letter is creative
but doesn\'t quite
seem like it belongs
with other documents
from the time period.
Writer makes 3-4
errors in grammar
and/or spelling.

2
Ideas were somewhat
organized, but were
not very clear. It took
more than one
reading to figure out
The letter contains 12 references to either
the historical events
or the Declaration of
Independence
Most sentences are
complete and wellconstructed.
Paragraphing needs
some work.
The letter attempts to
be creative but more
effort could have
been put in to make it
look and/or sound like
Writer makes 5-6
errors in grammar
and/or spelling

1
The letter seemed to
be a collection of
unrelated sentences.
It was very difficult to
figure out what the
The letter contains no
reference to the
research done by the
historians or
document specialist.
Many sentence
fragments or run-on
sentences OR
paragraphing needs
lots of work.
The letter shows little
imagination or
creativity when it
comes to language or
time period.
Writer makes more
than 6 errors in
grammar and/or
spelling.