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Formal Restaurant Review Due Mar 3, 2009

You are a restaurant critic for the culture section of a local newspaper. The paper has asked you to review a local Latino restaurant. Your assignment is to write a review that includes the following: a title that includes the restaurant's name, a description of the restaurant, the conversation that you had with the waiter or waitress, the name of and the description of the food and menu, and a summary of the service. The article should be turned in typed and proof read for spelling and grammar errors.

Rubric Code: P6X463

By pzillme

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Subject: Foreign Languages

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Restaurant Review
	Poor (N/A)	Average (N/A)	Excelling (N/A)
Description	Poor Descriptions are very vague. Author does very little to specifically describe elements of the food, ambience, service, and food genre.	Average Descriptions are alright. Author give some descriptions of the food, ambience, service and food genre; however, descriptions lack detail.	Excelling Descriptions are great. Author gives the audience very specific descriptions of the food, ambience, service and food genre.
Interview	Poor There is no evidence that the author performed an interview with someone from the restaurant staff.	Average The interview is part of the essay, but the author fails to incorporate it into the text in a continuous manner.	Excelling The interview is part of the essay and adds extra information to the essay.
Evaluation Criteria	Poor The author fails to set up and follow a criteria for evaluation the restaurant. There's no thesis statement. The review sounds more informative than evaluative.	Average The author sets up a criteria for evaluation; however, the evaluation lacks depth. Thesis statement is present but not critical enough. The review is somewhat evaluative but reads too much like an informative piece.	Excelling Author sets up a rigorous criteria and follows it. Thesis statement is critical, and author provides an excellent evaluative angle of the restaurant.
Presentation & Format	Poor Has several mistakes in spelling or grammar. Does not look professional.	Average Has some mistakes in spelling or grammar. Has a semi-professional look.	Excelling The assignment is proofread and has very few mistakes in spelling or grammar. Looks very professional.