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Photo Essay Project

theme “winterscape” demonstrating understanding of elements of composition with photo explanations (1-2 sentences). You must take a minimum of 10 photos (each of a different composition rule) and include an explanation of how you captured the rule. Each photo should also include a caption that tells the story above the picture.

Rubric Code: RX4AC38

By stefanik

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Subject: Arts and Design

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Photo Essay Grading Rubric
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Acceptable 3 pts	Limited 0 pts
Photos	Excellent used minimum of 10 photos-photos are of high quality and are interesting to look at	Good used 8-10 photos-of good quality which are interesting to look at	Acceptable used 6-8 photos of good quality which are interesting to look at	Limited Did not successfully complete assignment.
Theme	Excellent all of the pictures used in the photo essay reflect an exceptional degree of student creativity AND all photos can easily be related to the concepts	Good Most of the pictures used in the photo essay reflect an exceptional degree of student creativity AND most photos can easily be related to the concepts	Acceptable Several of the pictures used in the photo essay reflect student creativity in their creation AND several photos can easily be related to the concepts	Limited One or two of the pictures used in the photo essay reflect student creativity. Most of the photos were typical AND only 1-2 photos can easily be related to the concepts they represent.
Elements of composition	Excellent excellent (evidence of all 10 elements) -rule of 3rds, balancing elements, leading lines, symmetry&patterns, viewpoint, background, depth, framing, cropping and experimentation.	Good good (evidence of most)	Acceptable acceptable (some evidence)	Limited Student did not demonstrate sufficient knowledge
Details/finishing touches	Excellent excellent (all 10 include both a caption and description) -10 high quality photos -creative caption for each -description: element of composition -followed instructions	Good good (most include a caption and description)	Acceptable acceptable (some include a caption and description)	Limited not enough contain either or there are none