African Slave Journal Entry and Photo Story Rubric
Name:
Keys to Writing a Fictional
Narrative and Creating a Photo
Story
Introduce yourself as a West African.
Choose 1 event or experience during ONE day
of your life in either West Africa, during the
Middle Passage, or in North America.
You should provide an accurate description of
what happened to you on that day.
An explanation of the dilemma you faced.
An explanation of how you dealt with the
dilemma and why you reacted that way.
Your fictional narrative journal entry should
be free from spelling and grammatical errors.
I focused on one specific event/ experience.
I included transitional words, phrases, and
clauses (first, next, then, finally, therefore,
however, etc.)
I included three sensory details (sight,
sound, taste, touch, or smell).
The visual images and audio I chose were
visually appealing and related to the time
period and topic. They were striking images
that directly related to my topic.
I provided a conclusion at the end that
summed up what I had learned or how I had
changed as an West African as a result of
this experience.
My photo story contained appropriate audio
that fit with this time period in history and
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my topic.
The images I chose were visually appealing
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I spoke clearly at an understandable pace.
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Student’s Comments:
The two most interesting things that I learned during this project
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The part of our project that I am most proud of is:_______________
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The one thing I wish my group could have done differently to improve
our project is:__________________________________________
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Teacher’s Comments:
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