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Content Accuracy

The journal covers at least 5 days/events, contains both historically accurate information as well as feelings 'as' the person journaling.

The journal is shorter than assigned, but is historically accurate and emotionally compelling.

The journal may contain enough entries, but is lacking historical detail or emotional references.

The journal is not written in character, or is too short to be judged.

Ideas

Ideas are expressed in a clear and organized fashion. It is easy to figure out what the journal is about.

Ideas are expressed in a pretty clear manner, but the organziation could have been better.

Ideas are somewhat organized, but not very clear. It takes more than one reading to figure out what journal entries are about.

The journal seems to be a collection of unrelated sentences. It is very difficult to figure out what the journal is about.

Sentences & Paragraphs

Sentences and paragraphs are complete, well-constructed and of varied structure. It is acceptable to include appropriate slang or dialect, yet must be understandable.

All sentences are complete and well-constructed (no fragments, no run-ons). Paragraphing is generally done well.

Most sentences are complete and well-constructed. Paragraphing needs some work.

Many sentence fragments or run-on sentences OR paragraphing needs lots of work.