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Non-Fiction Project Rubric

Week long non-fiction project on natural disasters. - 4th grade CC standards based

Rubric Code: V84C46

By juliap

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

Nonfiction Project Enter rubric description
	Something's Missing Student doesn't turn in any work at all 0 pts	Novice Student demonstrates little to no understanding of standard. 1 pts	Apprentice Demonstrates a basic understanding of the standard 2 pts	Practitioner Demonstrates understanding of standard but has trouble fully using it. 3 pts	Professional Demonstrates understanding and can use the standard with only a few mistakes. 4 pts	Expert Has become completely proficient with the standard with no mistakes. 5 pts
Sources for research Students are able to choose credible resources to use in their research (W.4.9)	Something's Missing Students have no resources.	Novice Students have incorrectly listed their sources.	Apprentice Students have listed some sources correctly , however there are still major citation errors.	Practitioner Students have listed sources correctly with only 4-6 citation errors.	Professional Students have listed all sources correctly with less than 3 citation errors	Expert Students have correctly listed all sources correctly with no citation errors.
Information Collection Students will collect information on the origins, precautions, tracking and effects of their chosen natural disaster (RI.4.7)	Something's Missing Students do not collect information.	Novice Students have collected less than 2 facts for each of the four subjects or are missing 3 of the 4 subject areas.	Apprentice Students have collected less than 3 facts for each of the subject areas or are missing 2 of the 4 subject areas.	Practitioner Students have collected 3-4 facts for each of the 4 subjects, or are missing 1 of the 4 subject areas.	Professional Students have collected at least 5 facts for each of the 4 subject areas.	Expert Students have collected 6 or more facts for each of the 4 subject areas.
Writing: Organization Students demonstrate the ability to write by creating paragraphs, headings and illustrations. (W.4.2a)	Something's Missing Students have not submitted an essay	Novice Students have difficulty writing with organization. The essay only has one paragraph and/or has no organization.	Apprentice Students have some organization structure: the essay is written in paragraph form and contains at least 3 paragraphs, but the topics do not have organization.	Practitioner Student has written in paragraph form, has at least 4 paragraphs, and the topics are organized with less than 5 errors.	Professional Student has written in paragraph form, has at least 5 paragraphs, and all topics are organized in a way that is easy to understand.	Expert Student has written in paragraph form using all 6 paragraphs and topics are organized and go in order of the topic sentence.
Writing: Information Students are able to develop the topic using facts, details, quotes and examples. (W.4.2b)	Something's Missing Students do not provide any details, facts quotes or examples.	Novice Students have a difficult time clearly demonstrating the topic using facts, details or examples.	Apprentice Students use facts, details or examples in at least 1 paragraphs correctly.	Practitioner Students use facts, details, or examples to present the topic in at least 2 paragraphs correctly	Professional Students use facts, details, or examples to present the topic in at least 3 paragraphs correctly	Expert Students use facts, details and examples to present the topic in all 4 paragraphs correctly.
Writing: Conclusion Students provide a concluding paragraph that reflects and summarizes the information presented. (W.4.2 e)	Something's Missing Students do not have a concluding sentence or paragraph.	Novice Student has a concluding paragraph that does not summarize or reflect the topic of the paper.	Apprentice Student has a concluding paragraph that is missing 3 of the 4 elements from the topic sentence summary.	Practitioner Student has a concluding paragraph that is missing 1-2 of the 4 elements from the topic sentence summary.	Professional Student has a paragraph that clearly reflects and summarizes the topic sentence but does not make the reader feel as though the essay is finished.	Expert Student has a paragraph that clearly reflects and summarizes the topic sentence and makes the reader feel as though the essay is finished.
Writing: Vocabulary Students are able to use words that link ideas within categories (for example, another, also, because) and vocabulary specific to the topic presented (W.4.2 c,d)	Something's Missing Students do not use connecting words and words specific to the topic being presented.	Novice Students only use one of the two types of vocabulary, infrequently throughout the writing.	Apprentice Students use both types of vocabulary infrequently throughout the writing. Or students use one type of vocabulary frequently throughout the paper (as needed).	Practitioner Students use both types of vocabulary in at least 1-2 of the paragraphs in the paper(as needed).	Professional Students use both types of vocabulary in at least 3-4 of the paragraphs in the paper (as needed).	Expert Students use both types of vocabulary in every paragraph of the paper (as needed).
Grammar Students use appropriate grammar and punctuation (L.4.1 c,d , L.4.3)	Something's Missing Students do not use appropriate grammar or punctuation.	Novice There are numerous grammatical errors that make it difficult to understand the writing. There is no punctuation.	Apprentice There are numerous spelling errors that make it difficult to understand the writing. Most punctuation is not used correctly.	Practitioner A few grammatical errors are evident however it doesn't diminish the meaning of the writing. The majority of punctuation is used correctly.	Professional There are less than 5 grammatical errors and all punctuation is correctly used.	Expert There are less than 3 grammatical or punctuation errors.

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English

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