Letter-Writing: American Immigrant Letter Home

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CATEGORY	4	3	2	1	Your Score
Content Accuracy	The letter contains all required facts about the topic.	The letter contains 3-4 required facts about the topic.	The letter contains 1-2 required facts about the topic.	The letter contains no required facts about the topic.
Ideas	Ideas were expressed in a clear and organized fashion. It was easy to figure out what the letter was about.	Ideas were expressed in a pretty clear manner, but the organization could have been better.	Ideas were somewhat organized, but were not very clear. It took more than one reading to figure out what the letter was about.	The letter seemed to be a collection of unrelated sentences. It was very difficult to figure out what the letter was about.
Format	Complies with all the requirements for a friendly letter.	Complies with almost all the requirements for a friendly letter.	Complies with several of the requirements for a friendly letter.	Complies with less than 75% of the requirements for a friendly letter.
Capitalization, Punctuation and Spelling	Writer makes no errors in capitalization, punctuation or spelling (of word wall words & unit vocabulary).	Writer makes 1-2 errors in capitalization, punctuation or spelling (of word wall words & unit vocabulary).	Writer makes 3-4 errors in capitalization, punctuation or spelling (of word wall words & unit vocabulary).	Writer makes more than 4 errors in capitalization, punctuation or spelling (of word wall words & unit vocabulary).

Date Created: Nov 07, 2005 10:38 pm (CST)

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The Story of Immigration

Assessment

Many immigrants came to America in the 19^th and 20^th century and many more continue to come today. They came from different countries for a variety of reasons. Using your immigrant identity from the beginning of the unit, imagine that you are an immigrant to America and you are writing a letter to someone you know in your homeland. Your letter should include: your country of origin, why you came to America, when (time period), experiences during your trip to America and processing through Ellis Island, where you settled in America and why. Use content vocabulary as often as you can. Also, please remember to use proper letter format and check your capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.