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Create a Book Cover

Design a New Book Cover: Use your knowledge of the novel and characters to create a new book cover you think would entice readers to pick up this book and read it. The images must be original, drawn by the student.

Rubric Code: AX4C2BX

By maryramhoff

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Book Cover
	Accelerated 10 pts	Advanced 8 pts	Proficient 6 pts	Limited 4 pts	Basic 0 pts
Front Cover Information	Accelerated The title and author are both included stylishly displayed and correctly spelled and capitalized and correctly located on appropriate places on the book.	Advanced The title and author are included and correctly spelled or capitalized. They are located in an appropriate location. It may be difficult to read.	Proficient The title and author are misspelled, not capitalized and are not located in a logical location, or may be illegible.	Limited One of the following is missing or incorrectly displayed: Title, author	Basic Both title and author are missing
Front Cover	Accelerated An original illustration is included that is not copied from the book and shows a main idea or main characters involved in a key scene from the story. The illustration shows great effort and is in color. There is no unnecessary white space.	Advanced An original illustration is included that is not copied from the book and shows a main idea or main characters involved in a key scene from the story. The illustration shows effort and is in color. There is no unnecessary white space.	Proficient An original illustration is included that has not been copied from the front cover. It is based on an event in the story, but it is not an important event. The illustration shows effort with color. There is some unnecessary white space.	Limited An illustration is included that has nothing to do with the story or is not original The illustration is in pen or pencil/no color. There is unnecessary white space.	Basic There is no illustration on the front cover
Literary Elements	Accelerated Main characters, setting theme are stated clearly on the back of the cover.	Advanced One of the stated items was left off the cover.	Proficient Student used half of her time wisely and had to be corrected multiple times.	Limited Student was out of her desk, moving around the room on many occasion, distracted from the assignment.	Basic n/a
Book Summary	Accelerated A summary of the story is written clearly on the back cover that gives enough information to entice someone to read the book and does not give away the ending. It is not copied from the original book.	Advanced A summary of the story is written clearly on the back cover that gives enough information to entice someone to read the book and does not give away the ending. It is not copied from the original book.	Proficient A summary of the story is written clearly on the back cover that gives some information and does not give away the ending. It is not copied from the original book.	Limited A summary is given but it does not entice someone to read the book and/or it gives away the ending. It is not copied from the original book.	Basic No summary is written or it is copied from the original book.
Grammar & Mechanics	Accelerated No spelling or grammar errors.	Advanced 1-2 spelling or grammar errors.	Proficient 3-5 spelling or grammar errors.	Limited More than 5 spelling or grammar issues.	Basic n/a

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