iRubric: Not Lost in Translation rubric

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Not Lost in Translation Students will take a piece of early 20th-century writing from historically significant American speeches and shift the language into modern speech without losing any of the meaning. Rubric Code: R23X6W6 By mlpeiskee Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Presentation Grade Levels: 9-12

Not Lost in Translation
	Poor 15 pts	Fair 20 pts	Good 23 pts	Excellent 25 pts
Design	Poor Many mistakes, but still able to understand. No color	Fair One or two mistakes in original text, with some color.	Good Original text is written correctly, and the presenation has some color	Excellent Original text written correctly within quotation marks, and presentation is colorful.
Modern Translation	Poor The attempt at translation of original text to modern English was wholly unsuccessful.	Fair Translation correctly relates half of the original text.	Good Translation is mostly correct, there can be a few errors or missed aspects of the original text.	Excellent Translation correctly relates every aspect of the original text.
Understanding the Impact	Poor The student does not interpret the assignment correctly.	Fair The students mixes impact with further explanation of the modern translation.	Good The student is able to make inferences about the impact the speech would have on its audience.	Excellent The student is able to explain how the audience would be impacted with the words in this speech. They may also attempt to show how this speech still has impact.
Mechanics	Poor Mistakes hinder comprehension.	Fair Several mistakes, however, still able to comprehend.	Good 1 or 2 mistakes in capitalization or punctuation.	Excellent No errors in capitalization or punctuation