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Famous African American Project

This rubric will be used to complete a report featuring a famous African American figure.

Rubric Code: C252B94

By jevima1

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Public Rubric

Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5, 9-12

Famous African American Figure
	Excellent 10 pts	Fair 7 pts	Poor 5 pts
Cover Page 5 %	Excellent All required parts are included: your name, date, name of famous American and picture with border Presentation is neat: handwriting and coloring is visually pleasing	Fair Some of the required parts are included: your name, date, name of famous American. Presentation is mostly neat: handwriting and coloring is visually pleasing	Poor Only one part is included and presentation is sloppy.
Introduction 15 %	Excellent Contains all required information (Person's name, date of birth and death, place of birth, and reason for being famous).	Fair Contains most required information (name, date of birth and death, place of birth, and reason for being famous).	Poor Contains very little or no required information or the information is not correct.
Claim to Fame 15 %	Excellent This section includes 3-6 sentences of WHY and/or HOW your person became famous. Student uses specific details in chronological order.	Fair This section includes at least 2-3 sentences of why/how your person became famous. Student sometimes uses specific details in chronological order.	Poor Student has written only 1-2 sentences or 3-6 sentences unrelated to the topic. Student sometimes uses specific details in chronological order..
Growing up 15 %	Excellent This section includes 1-2 paragraphs about what it was like for this person growing up. Another paragraph about the education they received and their career. All must be in chronological order.	Fair This section includes a paragraph about what it was like for this person to grow up, a paragraph about their education and career, but lacks important details and examples and	Poor Student has written 1-2 sentences or 3-6 sentences, but lacks the most important details and only sometimes are details in chronological order.
Interesting Facts 10 %	Excellent This section includes 2 interesting facts and 2 sentences about why student likes him or her.	Fair This section includes 1 interesting fact and 1 sentence about why student likes him or her.	Poor This section includes only 1-2 interesting facts OR 1-2 sentences about why student likes him or her, but not BOTH.
Your Opinion 10 %	Excellent This section includes a 3-6 sentence paragraph about how/why YOU think this person "made the world a better place" to live in with example(s) to support your opinion.	Fair This section includes a 2-5 sentence paragraph about how/why YOU think this person made the world a better place, but lacks examples or details to support your opinion.	Poor Includes 1-3 sentences or less, but does not state your opinion and does not give examples that would support your opinion.
Works Cited Page 10 %	Excellent This page cites ALL three (or more) of the sources used (two internet sources are allowed, and at least one that is non-related to the internet). Each source is cited correctly (APA 7), including the necessary information. See attached works cited page.	Fair Page cites ALL of the sources used, but leaves out some information given on the attached works cited page. Sources are still easy to be found.	Poor Student attempts to cite the sources, but does not do so properly making it difficult to retrieve this information if needed.
Grammar 10 %	Excellent Proper usage of punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and correctly spells grade level words ALL OF THE TIME	Fair Proper usage of punctuation, capitalization, grammar and correctly spells grade level words MOST OF THE TIME	Poor CONSISTENT USE of improper punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and MISSPELLS grade level words
Visual Appearance 5 %	Excellent The visual appearance of the report is pleasing to the reader. The report has been typed using an appropriate font or very neatly written, pages in proper order, and clean.	Fair The visual appearance of the report is mostly pleasing, but one or two of the following is lacking: font inappropriate, writing may be sloppy, papers crinkled, and or dirty.	Poor It is evident that the student put forth little effort to make the report visually pleasing.
Report 5 %	Excellent Student has completed report and turned in ALL necessary materials on time.	Fair Student has completed and turned in most of the report on time, but still has 1-2 sections to complete and follows through or, student turns in ALL necessary materials for the report but it is late.	Poor Student turns in report uncompleted and late.

Keywords:

African American Research

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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