Evaluation

You did an outstanding job of researching daily life in ancient Israel and the significance of King Solomon and his temple. The notes in your journal show that you understand the material you researched and you included details that can be used to write an interesting and informative letter.

Your research was solid, and you used the journal to plan your letter. Noting more detail and examples of daily life in ancient Israel would have provided more interesting material for your letter. You also could have been more clear about how you planned to apply your research in your letter.

Good start! You conducted research and made some notes in the journal. Including more details about daily life and the significance of King Solomon and his temple would have improved the material for your letter. You also needed to show how you planned to use your research in your letter. With practice, you will learn to focus your research on the assigned task.

You wrote an excellent letter! You had an appropriate introduction and clearly moved from one topic to the next. Your letter had a greeting, introduction, clear topics, and a closing. It was creative and believable as a letter from the time period. You included specific facts and details about daily life in ancient Israel and the significance of King Solomon and his temple. You used correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling, and wrote in complete sentences. Very interesting and informative.

Your letter was neatly presented and contained many details. Your letter included a greeting, introduction, topics, and a closing. To improve upon what you wrote, you might have added more details about daily life in ancient Israel and the significance of King Solomon and his temple or more clearly organized your topics. You had few grammar, punctuation, or spelling mistakes and you wrote complete sentences.

Your letter could have benefited from better organization. Next time, try writing about one subject before moving on to the next. Reviewing grammar, punctuation, and spelling can always help your writing. Providing details about daily life in ancient Israel and the significance of King Solomon and his temple would have also improved your score. Think about what you might have added to make your letter more interesting and informative.

You work well together! You effectively communicated as you reviewed each other's letters. You also made insightful remarks to your partner on how to make the letter more interesting, informative, and mistake free.

You reviewed and evaluated your partner's letter. Your comments were positive, but you needed to provide your partner with more ideas about what would improve the letter.

Partnership skills develop with practice. You need to take responsibility for listening to your partner. Providing constructive remarks and working to find solutions to problems could help both of your letters.

A well-written response is worth one point.

A well-written response is worth one point.

A well-written response is worth one point.