Beethoven’s Letter Quest

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4. Distinguished 3. Proficient 2. Apprentice 1. Novice

Writing-Letter Form: Included a correctly Included a correctly One or two parts of the Three or more parts of
Date, address, greeting, formatted date and formatted date and letter were missing or the letter were missing
body, closing, order, and address. Used proper address. Used proper incomplete. Did not use or incomplete. Did not
layout greeting, body, and greeting, body, and proper salutation or use proper salutation
closing. Order and closing. Made one closing. Made two and closing. Made more
format were perfect. mistake in the letter mistakes in the letter than two mistakes in the
format. format. letter format.
Content-Overview: Extensive details and Subject knowledge was Information related to Information did not
Topic and length relevant examples. All evident. the topic, but project include details or
information was Included details and needed more details and examples from reliable
accurate and delivered examples to answer the examples to fully support sources. Information
effectively. Used graphs essential question. ideas. Work showed little was not sufficient to
aids to display Creative design or student interpretation. make successful
information. Terminology delivery. Used proper Used the wrong argument. Used
made the ideas in the terminology and terminology to describe inappropriate
project clear. vocabulary. the topic. terminology or
vocabulary.
Design-Creativity and Design was unique and Design was original. Made a few changes to Used only design
Originality: interesting. Used more Used three to five background or layout. templates. Media and
Creative design and than five original media original media items. Used one or two original ideas were not original.
original artwork items. media items.
Research-Overview: Included reliable Included information Included facts from No information from
Quantity, quality, and information from primary from at least three multiple secondary primary sources.
documentation sources, secondary secondary sources. sources. Used one Included information
sources, and subject- Used information from primary source. Included from one secondary
matter experts. Project relevant primary source facts from reputable source. More opinion
bibliography or credits materials. All information sources and opinions than fact. Sources were
were complete and came from reliable from unreliable sources. unreliable. No project
flawlessly formatted. sources. Project Bibliography or credits bibliography or credits.
bibliography or credits were incomplete.
were complete.
Planning-Overview: Plan was organized and Plan was organized and Plan was organized, but Plan is disorganized.
Plan for completing the contained clear and contained enough some components were Plan is missing key
final project comprehensive information to complete missing. Did not include elements. Did not
information. Plan the project. enough information to include enough
provided a roadmap for complete project as information to complete
completing the project. envisioned. project as envisioned.

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Beethoven’s Letter Quest
Name:

____ My letter includes a greeting, body, and closing in the correct order.

____ My work is on topic and contains supporting details.

____ My project is creative and original.

____ My project has information from good primary and secondary sources. My project has a bibliography.

____ My plan is organized and includes information showing how I will complete the project.

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