WORLD WAR II: A Letter from the Battlefront.

1. First, do some research:

A. Re-visitthe “World War II Interactive Maps” website.

B. In Google Images search “World War II photos” and look at any 10 photos of soldiers or battles.

C. In Google search “World War II letters” and read 5 letters written by soldiers who fought in the war

2. Next, choose one of the battlefields from the interactive map.

3. Find one photo from that battlefield and save it.

4. Write a letter as if you were a soldier fighting in that battle. Write to someone at home describing what you’re seeing, doing, feeling, or otherwise experiencing. Write in letter format, if you’re not sure what that is check out or use the friendly letter generator. The letter needs to be a minimum of one side and should include at least 10 details of the fighting, rations, weapons, location, weather, elements or living conditions there. The letter and photo need to be posted to your blog.

Rubric : A Letter from the Battlefront
CATEGORY / 5 / 4 / 3.5 / 2
Content Accuracy / The letter contains at least 10 accurate facts about the battle selected. / The letter contains 7-9 accurate facts about the battle selected. / The letter contains 6-5 accurate facts about the battle selected. / The letter contains fewer than 5 accurate facts about the battle selected.
Organization / 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.
Friendly Letter 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.
Conventions / Writer makes no errors in capitalization, punctuation or usage. / Writer makes 1-2 errors in capitalization, punctuation or usage. / Writer makes 3-4 errors in capitalization, punctuation or usage. / Writer makes more than 4 errors in capitalization, punctuation or usage.