Book IV Twitter Rubric
Criteria
Length and
Breadth
A
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Grammar and
vocabulary
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Organization
and clarity
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B
Ten postings for each
character
No less than five and no
more than seven should
be direct quotations (or
slight variations on direct
quotations) from book IV
of the Aeneid.
At least three of the postings for each royal
should be your own Latin
(prose is fine).
Each posting must contain no less than four
words
All or nearly all the Latin
is grammatically correct.
Vocabulary is varied and
dynamic.
The original Latin is interesting and sophisticated.
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Postings should respond
to one another.
The whole of Aeneas and
Dido’s relationship can
be followed through the
postings.
The postings are poignant and emotive
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C
Eight postings for each
character
No less than four and no
more than six should be
direct quotations (or
slight variations on direct
quotations) from book IV
of the Aeneid.
At least two of the postings for each royal
should be your own Latin (prose is fine).
Each posting must contain no less than three
words
Most of the Latin is
grammatically correct.
Vocabulary is somewhat
varied and mostly dynamic.
The original Latin is
somewhat interesting and
sophisticated.
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Nearly all Postings
should respond to one
another.
Nearly all Aeneas and
Dido’s relationship can
be followed through the
postings.
Most postings are poignant and emotive
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D
seven postings for each
character
No less than three and no
more than five should be
direct quotations (or
slight variations on direct
quotations) from book IV
of the Aeneid.
At least one of the postings for each royal
should be your own Latin
(prose is fine).
Each posting must contain no less than three
words
Seventy percent of the
Latin is grammatically
correct.
Vocabulary is slightly
varied and dynamic.
The original Latin is
slightly interesting and
sophisticated.
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Some of the postings
should respond to one
another.
Some of Aeneas and
Dido’s relationship can
be followed through the
postings.
Some postings are poignant and emotive
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six postings for each
character
No less than two and no
more than four should be
direct quotations (or
slight variations on direct
quotations) from book IV
of the Aeneid.
At least one of the postings for each royal
should be your own Latin
(prose is fine).
Each posting must contain no less than two
words
Fifty percent of the Latin is grammatically correct.
Vocabulary is correct.
The original Latin is
mostly correct
A few of the postings
should respond to one
another.
Very little of Aeneas
and Dido’s relationship
can be followed through
the postings.