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Vocabulary Builder: Students will define, illustrate a new vocabulary term as well as use the new vocabulary in a context appropriate sentence.

The purpose of this rubric is to give students the expectations for writing a comparing/contrasting essay. The student will compare and contrast the of "Cinderella" and the South African story of "Natiki". In preparation for this assignment, the student will have had instruction in the writing process, sentence structure, capitalization, end marks, and read both stories.

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This rubric is for evaluating argument essays and the ability to formulate argumentative writings Emerson's essays have stirred argument and inspired admiration. Now it's your turn to add your voice. Write an argument expressing your feelings on the topic of prayer in schools.

The students will work on their own to put together a poster for display. The poster will contain relevant information directly related to the topic selected by the student. The poster should have areas segmented that directly reflect the outline created by the student. The poster will be designed on either poster board (full-sized poster board) or tri fold poster board. The student is required to explain their poster to the class and teacher

Students will narrate a personal memoir. The memoir should focus on the relationship of a person/place/thing and/or relate an event that had a substantial impact on the memoirist. The memoir must include effective use of dialogue, imagery, and a reflection, as well as a compelling lead paragraph and a memorable concluding paragraph.

Students will sort pre-cut paper shapes into at least 3 groups, display them on a poster, labeling each group with its correct name and identifying the attribute(s) used for sorting. Students will also write a few sentences that explain how they sorted the shapes.

This rubric is created to asses in writing a short story project. The students will show their understanding about the characteristics of short story and they will choose the topic of their own short story freely.

Students will create a foldable book report. This report will describe one character, one setting, a conflict and resolution along with the entire plot and a critique of the book.

Students will use this rubric for their weekly journal entries as well as in class writing prompts. For Journal entries, only a letter grade is assigned. For prompts, max score is 30/30.

Create a plot mountain or map for the novella The Gold Cadillac. Give plenty of details and descriptions for each plot part. Also make sure you create images from the story for each plot part. You may use 8X11 construction paper or poster board. I am looking for complete sentences, knowledge of plot structure, NEATNESS and creativity. This project is worth 30pts and will be due February 25, 2014

A rubric for a student-created lapbook during a Social Studies Unit

For writing a narative using the writing process and developing characters, a setting, a problem and a solution.

Write a Personal Narrative Essay about an important,life-changing event from your life. Describe your memorable event in chronological order. Use the literary element flashback as an introduction technique. Include reactions in your personal narrative such as dialogue and emotions. Include a reflection in your essay on what you learned from this experience. Your personal narrative should be a five paragraph essay with an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

Write a Personal Narrative Essay about an important,life-changing event from your life. Describe your memorable event in chronological order. Use the literary element flashback as an introduction technique. Include reactions in your personal narrative such as dialogue and emotions. Include a reflection in your essay on what you learned from this experience. Your personal narrative should be a five paragraph essay with an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

Students will create a plot diagram and identify each element of plot. Students will describe each event and plot and include a picture or illustration for each event on the plot outline

Oral communication is a prepared, purposeful presentation designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners' attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors. Oral communication takes many forms. This rubric is specifically designed to evaluate oral presentations of a single speaker at a time and is best applied to live or video-recorded presentations. For panel presentations or group presentations, it is recommended that each speaker be evaluated separately. This rubric best applies to presentations of sufficient length such that a central message is conveyed, supported by one or more forms of supporting materials and includes a purposeful organization. An oral answer to a single question not designed to be structured into a presentation does not readily apply to this rubric.

This rubric is meant to help guide in the creation of your PowerPoint presentation project. Each category in the far left column represents a component of the project that will be taken into consideration when calculating the final grade for this assignment. Review the rubric carefully before, during and after the creation of the PowerPoint presentation, to ensure that all intended elements of your powerpoint have been represented and all other criteria have been met.