Historical Fiction Character Interview Rubric Mrs.

Tweedy

Name: _________________________________ Period: _______ Date: ______________

Assignment Title: Historical Fiction Character Interview

Date Due:

Presentation Guidelines:
 You will turn in a written paper that addresses each of these questions in
paragraph form.

Minimum Requirements:
 Name, Due Date, and Period on Project
 Must be done on a historical fiction book that you HAVE
NOT read before (or watched the movie)
 Book must be more than 150 pages
 Turned in on time
 Must be attached to this rubric

 After you read the book you will be answering the following questions
from your main characters perspective. Keep these questions in mind as
you read your book.

Question 1: How do you feel your experiences in the story apply to young people
today?

Question 2: What was the most difficult thing for you to endure in your story? Why?

Question 3: If we were to rewrite your story in modern times, what things would we
need to change?

Question 4: What lessons can be learned from your experiences?

Question 5: Why do you feel your story is important?

** Your responses should be about a paragraph in length for each question. Make sure
that your answers are in complete sentences. **

Grading Rubric:
Historical Fiction Character Interview Rubric Mrs. Tweedy

1 2 3 4
Answers Answers do A few answers Most answers Answers
not address all address all address all address all
parts of the parts of the parts of the parts of the
question and question and question and question and
there are no use references use references use references
references to to the story. to the story. to the story.
the story.
Point of View Questions are Some Most questions All questions
not answered questions are are answered are
from the answered from from the thoughtfully
characters the main characters answered from
point of view. characters point of view. the main
point of view. characters
point of view.
Neatness/ Handwriting is Handwriting is Handwriting is Handwriting is
Readability messy and messy in most mostly neat very easy to
difficult to read places but is and easy to read, spacing
throughout the readable. read. between words
paper. is adequate.
Spelling/ Student had 6 Student had 4 Student had 2 Student had 0
Grammar/ or more or 5 spelling, or 3 spelling, or 1 spelling,
Mechanics spelling, grammatical or grammatical or grammatical or
grammatical or mechanical mechanical mechanical
mechanical errors. errors. errors.
errors.
Book Check Student did Student had
not have a their book
book for the ready for the
book check. book check.
Met Student did Student met Student met Student met or
Requirement not meet some of the most of the exceeded all
s minimum project project project
requirements. requirements. requirements. requirements.

** This rubric must be turned in with your final

project to receive the last point. **

Total Points: /25 possible