WWI Letter Assignment Your assignment is to create a letter that depicts the life of WWI soldiers and their experience in the trenches. This letter should be factual and creative. Your letter should use all the information you have learned about new weaponry used, causes of WWI, Central Powers, Allies, battles, and details about life in the trenches gleaned from the primary sources we read in class. Your letter should include a fictional character who is telling the story. The story should be creative and not just a run down of facts. The letter should be presented in a creative way. Below is a rubric for how your grade will be calculated. Your letter should be neat and should be at least a page and a half.
Category Facts 5 Facts show that extra research above what was discussed in class occurred Presentation of letter is creative, attempts were made to create an authentic looking letter, story line in letter is creative, creates a character that is multi dimensional Letter shows high effort and hard work 4 Facts in letter demonstrate a clear understanding of the facts presented in class Letter is creative, tells a story, presented in a creative way 3 Letter shows knowledge of class material 2 Letter contains factual mistakes, or little factual information Letter tells no story and shows little creativity 1 Letter contains little or no fact, and many mistakes No effort was made in presentation
Creativity
Letter includes characters and tells a brief story
Effort
Letter shows good effort and time invested
Letter shows some effort
Letter shows a low effort
Poor effort