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Excellent

Good

Satisfactory

Needs Improvement

Neatness

The final draft of the story is readable, clean, neat and attractive. It is free of erasures and crossed-out words. It looks like the author took great pride in it.

The final draft of the story is readable, neat and attractive. It may have one or two erasures, but they are not distracting. It looks like the author took some pride in it.

The final draft of the story is readable and some of the pages are attractive. It looks like parts of it might have been done in a hurry.

The final draft is not neat or attractive. It looks like the student just wanted to get it done and didn't care what it looked like.

Introduction

You introduce yourself and the name of your empire with a lead. The way your forces are economically supported is stated well. How you communicate to your forces is clearly stated.

You tell your name and the name of your empire. The way your forces are economically supported is stated. How you communicate with your forces is stated.

Your empire is named. The way your forces are supported is stated. A type of communication is mentioned.

Your empire is named. How your forces are economically supported is not stated well. Communication with your forces is not clear.

Setting

Many vivid, descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took place.

Some vivid, descriptive words are used to tell the audience when and where the story took place.

The reader can figure out when and where the story took place, but the author didn't supply much detail.

The reader has trouble figuring out when and where the story took place.

Solution/Resolution

The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions. Your empire's war technology and use of it, is described and compared to the Persian's war technology.

The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used. War technology is described for both your forces and the Persian's.

The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear. Your force's war technology is mentioned.

Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged. War technology is mentioned.

 

The winner of the battle is clearly stated and you tell why they are victorious. There are no loose ends.

The winner of the battle is stated. There are no loose ends.

The winner of the battle is stated.

No winner is mentioned or it is impossible to understand.