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    The document provides instructions for a letter writing assignment responding to a letter by James Thompson from the perspective of a young person today. Students must write a 500-700 word letter responding to Thompson's concerns and connecting it to their own life experiences and current events. The letter will be entered into a national competition held by the National WWII Museum. A rubric is included that will be used to grade the assignment based on how well it addresses the prompt, demonstrates creativity, and has strong mechanics with no errors.

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    The document provides instructions for a letter writing assignment responding to a letter by James Thompson from the perspective of a young person today. Students must write a 500-700 word letter responding to Thompson's concerns and connecting it to their own life experiences and current events. The letter will be entered into a national competition held by the National WWII Museum. A rubric is included that will be used to grade the assignment based on how well it addresses the prompt, demonstrates creativity, and has strong mechanics with no errors.

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    ThompsonLetterRubric:

    RoughDraftdue3/8
    FinalCopydue3/16

    YourjobistoreadtheletterJamesThompsonwrotetothePittsburghCourierandtowritea
    500700
    word
    letterinwhichyourespondtoThompsonfromyourpointofviewasayoungpersoncomingof
    ageinthetwentyfirstcentury.

    YouwillbesubmittingyourletterstotheNationalWWIIMuseumsannualJamesThompsonLetter
    writingcompetition.
    Thewinnerreceivesacashprizeandhisorherletterdisplayedinthemuseum,so
    makesuretobemeticulousinyourworkdontletaspellingerrorstopyoufromwinninganational
    prize.

    Belowisthemuseumscontestrubric:
    Foryouressay,pleasewritealetterinwhichyourespondtoThompsonfromyourpointofviewasa
    youngpersoncomingofageinthetwentyfirstcentury.UseWorldWarIIandThompsonsfullletteras
    yourstartingpoint,basingyouressayinpartonAmericasinvolvementinthewar.Butdontstopinthe
    past.Usespecificexamplesfromyourownexperiencesand/orcurrenteventstosupportyourideas.This
    isNOTaresearchpaper,andthebestessayswillNOTbesummariesofthepast70yearsofAmerican
    history.Youressaywillbejudgedforemostforitsoriginality,clarityofexpression,andadherenceto
    contesttheme,aswellasitshistoricalaccuracy,grammar,spelling,andpunctuation.Museumstaffwill
    readandevaluateentries.
    MissMorrisonsRubric:

    Category

    Description

    GradePercentage

    PromptResponse

    DidyouresponsetoThompsonsconcerns?Did
    youpullinconnectionstoyourownlife?Didyou
    addaspectsaboutmodernsociety?

    50%

    Creativity

    Isyourwritingcreative?Didyouweavein
    Thompsonsquestionswithoutmakingabulleted
    listresponse?Isyourletterwellthoughtoutand
    organized?

    25%

    Mechanics

    Isyourpaperfreeofgrammaticalandspelling
    errors?Didyouusestrongvocabulary?
    YourletterMUSTincludethefollowing:

    bedoublespaced

    have1inchmargins

    includepagenumbers

    includeanessaytitle(requirementforthe
    NationalWWIImuseum)

    betypedin12pointfont

    25%

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