Content Excellent (1) Good (2) Poor (3) Below Expectations (4)IN 6.4 - Explore ways people’s culture can change over time

Explore how a person’s culture can change over time through creative writing and imagining how your way of life would change if you were kidnapped and forced into slavery in another part of the world.

Student consistently shows how their Ghanaian character’s life and culture undergoes changes as they become a slave.

Student usually shows how their Ghanaian character’s life and culture undergoes changes as they become a slave.

Student sometimes shows how their Ghanaian character’s life and culture undergoes changes as they become a slave.

Student rarely shows how their Ghanaian character’s life and culture undergoes changes as they become a slave.

CR 6.8 - Experiment with a variety of text forms and techniques.

CC5.2 - Demonstrate a variety of ways to communicate understanding and response.

Student consistently writes in the person of a Ghanaian slave, and uses information and vocabulary from class in each diary entry.

Student usually writes in the person of a Ghanaian slave, and uses information and vocabulary from class in each diary entry.

Student sometimes writes in the person of a Ghanaian slave, and uses information and vocabulary from class in each diary entry.

Student rarely writes in the person of a Ghanaian slave, and uses information and vocabulary from class in each diary entry.

CC 5.2 & 6.3 – Demonstrates proper spelling, capitalization, and grammar.

Student consistently uses proper spelling, grammar, and capitalization. He/she consistently has their writing edited.

Student usually uses proper spelling, grammar, and capitalization. He/she usually has their writing edited.

Student sometimes uses proper spelling, grammar, and capitalization. He/she sometimes has their writing edited.

Student rarely uses proper spelling, grammar, and capitalization. He/she rarely has their writing edited.