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Social Studies The Winter at Valley Forge Journal Entry Prompt: Pretend that you are a soldier during the winter at Valley Forge. What is your life like at Valley Forge? Write a journal entry describing the harsh conditions and the effects during this brutal winter, Be sure to split your response into paragraphs. Read over the rubric on the back to see how you will be graded before you begin. Be sure to include: + What is the weather like? What are some of the harsh conditions you are facing? + How you are affected by the weather and harsh conditions? ‘+ How you are dealing with these harsh conditions? ‘+ What are you feelings about fighting this winter and George Washington? Rubric: 1. The student includes detailed information 1 (at least 2 details from the reading) about each of the five-topics 2, The student's journal entry is realistic. 1 3. The student uses the correct format for a journal entry. 1 4, The journal entry is in sequential order and shows that the 1 student has an understanding of soldier's life, 5. Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization are used. 1 Total 2 ‘@ 24) ; eat), bad, coldsad, hoppy, very, good more |, td. say

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