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Autobiography

Students have created an Autobiography for their senior project.

Rubric Code: PAX37B

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Autobiography
	Not Present 0 pts	Minimal 2 pts	Developing 3 pts	Proficient 4 pts
Writing 20 % The student’s writing uses the appropriate voice for the situation, making the text lively, expressive, and engaging.	Not Present The prose is flat and dull. The author’s personality and attitude is not felt.	Minimal The student’s personality and voice appear only a few times. The majority of the essay lacks personality and voice.	Developing The student’s personality and unique voice appear occasionally. However, at other times the prose is flat and lacking personality.	Proficient The student’s personality comes through the writing. The reader has a sense of the writer’s personality and attitude.
Organization 20 % The student’s writing is well-organized: the order, presentation or internal structure is compelling and purposeful	Not Present The ideas are jumbled together and there’s no clear direction to the essay. Thus, the reader is often confused.	Minimal The ideas are there, but they frequently jump abruptly from one idea to the other. At times it’s confusing.	Developing There is a basic structure, but some of the ideas jump around randomly.	Proficient There is a clear and reasonable organizational structure to the essay. The ideas are simple to follow.
Writing Conventions 20 % The student’s writing shows excellent control over a wide range of standard writing conventions and uses them with accuracy.	Not Present The essay is riddled with so many errors that it is almost unreadable. Little, if any, editing has been done. The errors cause confusion.	Minimal There are frequent errors in punctuation, capitalization, usage, grammar, and spelling that are below grade level (e.g. not capitalizing the first word of a sentence, not using end punctuation, etc.)	Developing There are frequent errors in punctuation, capitalization, usage, grammar, and spelling.	Proficient The student has used correct punctuation, capitalization, usage, grammar, and spelling. There may be a few minor errors here and there, but the conventions are sound.
Timeliness 10 % Paper is turned in on time	Not Present Paper is turned in more than 48 hours late.	Minimal Paper is turned in 24-48 hours late.	Developing Paper is turned in after class but sooner than 24 hours late.	Proficient Paper is turned in on time.
Formatting 10 % Paper is typed with 1" margins, 12 point font, double spaced.	Not Present Paper is not typed.	Minimal Paper is typed, but it is missing 2 of the formatting requirements.	Developing Paper is typed but is missing one of the formatting requirements.	Proficient Paper is typed with 1" margins, 12 point font, double spaced.
Rough Draft 10 %	Not Present No chapters have rough drafts completed.	Minimal Few chapters have had rough drafts completed.	Developing Some chapters have had rough drafts completed.	Proficient A rough draft of all work has been submitted.
Cover 10 %	Not Present No cover is created.	Minimal A cover is created for the autobiography. But it is not neat, not creative, and does not reflect the story it holds.	Developing A cover is created for the autobiography, and it is neat, but not creative, or reflects the story it holds.	Proficient A cover is created for the autobiography. It is neat, creative, and reflects the story it holds.

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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