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Nonfiction Conventions

Students will write a report about an insect using nonfiction conventions.

Rubric Code: M5A6XX

By peri54

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Subject: Science

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Insect Report Criteria
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Great 4 pts
Complete sentences	Poor All or most sentences are incomplete, and/or unclear. (More than 5 mistakes)	Fair Some sentences are complete, including punctuation and are mostly clear. (4-5 mistakes)	Good Most sentences are complete, including punctuation, and are clear. (1-3 mistakes)	Great All sentences are complete, including punctuation, and are clear. (0 mistakes)
Table of Contents	Poor Format is not even and/or numbers are not correct.	Fair Format is not even or page numbers are not correct.	Good Format is correct. Page numbers are correct.	Great Format is correct. Page numbers are correct. The page numbers are even (aligned).
Labels/Captions	Poor Lacks any lables or captions.	Fair Not all parts are labelled or not all parts have captions.	Good Labels basic required parts and all parts have captions.	Great Specific lables for all parts and specific captions for all parts.
Types of Print	Poor No variety of types of print (bold, colors, italitics).	Fair 1 type of print (bold, colors, italitics).	Good 2 types of print (bold, colors, italitics).	Great 3 types of print (bold, colors, italitics).
Drawing/Close Up	Poor Lacks evidence of scientific drawing. It appears to be imaginative.	Fair Partial scientic darwing. Still some imaginative drawing.	Good Scientific drawing of insect potrays actual insect.	Great Emmaculate attention to detail in scientific drawing of insect.
Map	Poor No map present.	Fair Map is of not the correct region and/ or lacks caption.	Good Map is of the correct region and has caption.	Great Map is correct region, has caption, and map key.