iRubric: A "Rockin" Biography - Modified rubric

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A "Rockin" Biography - Modified

You will write a five paragraph story, from a rock's point of view, about the process it must go through in the Rock Cycle.

Rubric Code: DX2993

By ali2blue

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Subject: Science

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

A "Rockin" Biography
	Great 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Average 3 pts	Poor 2 pts	Unacceptable 1 pts
Voice	Great Voice is of the rock through the entire paper	Good Voice is from the rock for most of the paper	Average Voice is sometimes from the rocks point of view	Poor Voice is rarely heard	Unacceptable Did not write from the rock's point of view
Word Choice	Great Interesting words to say ordinary things, words used correctly	Good Verbs and nouns are creative, most words used in the right way, good word choices to get point across	Average Some new verbs and nouns, wording that is correct but needs interest, made some creative word choices	Poor Only common nouns and verbs, wording that has not been used correctly, everyday wording most of the time	Unacceptable a limited use of words, has many words used incorrectly, made no creative word choices
Five paragraphs	Great paper includes a "grabber" or catchy introduction, Each paragraph contains two sentences, no spelling, grammar errors	Good Paper includes all five paragraphs but does not have a catchy or creative introduction or conclusion, one or two grammatical/ spelling errors	Average Elements of the five paragraphs are apparent but may be a bit disorganized, may only have one sentence in each paragraph, 3-5 spelling/ grammatical errors	Poor has two or three paragraphs but are disorganized, many grammatical/spelling errors	Unacceptable disorganized, no clear paragraph stucture,
Rock Cycle	Great Rock goes through all three parts of the rock cycle, each transition is described in detail	Good Rock goes through all three parts of the rock cycle, each transition is briefly described	Average Rock goes through two parts of the rock cycle, the transitions are briefly mentioned	Poor Rock goes through one part of the cycle but transitions may not be explained	Unacceptable Rock does not go through a cycle
Neatness	Great The final draft is readable, clean, neat and attractive, free of erasures and crossed out words, looks like the author took great pride in it	Good The final draft of the story is readable, neat and attractive, it may have one or two erasures, but they are not distracting, looks like some pride was taken	Average Final draft is readable, some of the pages are attractive, looks like parts were done in a hurry	Poor The draft is not neat or attractive, looks like little care was taken to write this neatly	Unacceptable Paper is a mess, looks like student just wanted to get it done