Civil War Book Report
Assigned book: The Civil War Life Back Home by Nancy Jo-Hereford.
Requirements: Due November 18, 2011
1) Pre-Writing ______/20 points
2) Written Report ______/60 points
3) Oral Presentation ______/15 points
4) Has Rubric ______/5 points
Total ______/100 Points
Pre-Writing: You must use an outline. Turn the outline in with the report.
Written Report: The rubric for the report is included in this packet. Report should be at least 1 page typed or 3 pages written.
Oral Presentation: The student must use note cards to present the information to class.
Outline Brief Example (yours will be longer)
The Civil War Life Back at Home
I. A Divided Country
a. Facts
b. Facts
c. Facts
II. Reasons for War
a. Facts
b. Facts
c. Facts
III. Life on the Home Front
a. Facts
b. Facts
c. Fact
Report Rubric
Beginning3 / Developing
6 / Accomplished
8 / Exemplary
10 / Score
Organization / Not organized, events make no sense / Some organization, events jump around, start and end are unclear / Organized, events are somewhat jumpy / Good organization, events are logically ordered, sharp sense of beginning and end
Quality of Information / Unable to find specific details / Details are somewhat sketchy / Some details are non-supporting to the subject / supporting details specific to subject
Grammar & Spelling / Very frequent grammar and/or spelling errors / More than two errors / Only one or two errors / All grammar and spelling are correct
Interest Level / Needs descriptive words / Vocabulary is constant, details lack "color" / Vocabulary is varied, supporting details need work / Vocabulary varied, supporting details vivid
Neatness / Illegible writing, loose pages / Legible writing, some ill-formed letters, print too small or too large, papers stapled together / Legible writing, well-formed characters, clean and neatly bound in a report cover / Word processed or typed, clean and neatly bound in a report cover
Timeliness / Report handed 3 days late / Two days late / One day late / Report handed in on time
Total