Writing Rubric
 

Use this rubric as a guide to construct and evaluate your written Renaissance diary entry:
 
 

Writing Rubric for Renaissance Diary
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Character development:  
 The character is lifelike, has
a name, friends & relatives, traits
that reveal character.Character is 
described in detail, as well as given psychological and emotional depth. Writer establishes empathy for this character's world and way of life.		 The character is satisfactorily described with a name, some
friends &/or relatives, and given some personality traits.  Some effort is made to describe psychological and emotional depth. Writer
establishes some empathy for the character's world and way of life.
The character has a name, some contact with others and few personality traits are visible.  Little effort is made to describe the psychological or emotional makeup of the character.  Writer gives little evidence of empathy for the character's world or life.
Organization and Detail
 The entry is rich with incidents that reveal both the character and world around him/her.  Historical accuracy is established from analysis of research materials and synthesis of this information to create a believable document.  There is thoughtful organization of information so that the entry is a complete, unified whole. The entry contains incidents that partially reveal the world around him/her.  Effort is made to establish historical accuracy with some synthesis of information to create a believable document.  Effort is made to organize information so that it is complete work. The entry has an incident that hints at the world in which this character resides.  There is little or no historical accuracy or synthesis, but rather reporting of material without character context.  Effort lacks an organizational plan.
Tone and Voice
 The writer takes a stance to establish the character's voice and consistently reflects this stance in the recounting of events of the day in ways that reflect an understanding of the character's station and outlook on life. The writer takes a stance to establish the character's voice and and attempts to reflect this stance by recounting events of the day that show some understanding of the character's station and outlook on life. The writer's stance on the character's voice is weak and/or fails to reflect an understanding of the character's voice.  Events, if recounted, do not give evidence that the writer understands the character's station and outlook on life.
Dialogue
 The character is placed into situations that require him/her to interact with others of the community, and the resulting dialogue is complete and in correct format, as modeled on the Writing Dialogue Sheet. The character is placed into a situation with some interaction with others, but it may lack completeness or have some errors that interfere with understanding. The character interacts very little with others; the interaction may be unclear or lack context.  The dialogue has many errors that interfere with understanding.
Language Conventions
 The diary entry has no errors in usage or conventions that interfere with meaning.  (Note:  entries will employ spellings and grammatical idioms common the the era and this will not detract from the piece of used properly.) The diary entry has some errors in usage or conventions that somewhat interfere with meaning.  The diary entry has many errors in usage or conventions that interfere a great deal with meaning.