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My Cognate Dictionary

Vocabulary Builder: Students will create 56 text-based cognates of English/Spanish vocabulary terms and write sentences with cognates.

Rubric Code: Y24A8B8

By ProfessorR1

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

Vocabulary Builder
	Excellent 100 pts	Good 80 pts	Fair 70 pts	Needs Improvement 60 pts
Completeness Best effort in creating a Vocabulary Dictionary which includes 56 cognates, neat handwriting, translations (English and Spanish), word meanings, colorful illustrations/pictures and sentences with errors-free.	Excellent Dictionary includes 56 or more entries.	Good Dictionary includes at least 46 entries.	Fair Dictionary includes less than 36 entries.	Needs Improvement Dictionary includes less than 26 entries.
Effort/Neatness Best effort, clear and legible handwriting.	Excellent All pages show attention to detail and effort to turn in quality work. Clear evidence of effort put forth by the student. Dictionary is neat, organized, clear writing, colorful, and very creative.	Good Recognizes most pages show attention to detail and effort to turn in quality work. Some evidence of effort. Dictionary is somewhat neat, colorful, organized, understandable writing, and creative. Some evidence of effort.	Fair Recognizes some attempts were made to turn in quality work, but not all pages completed with same quality. Some evidence of effort, but dictionary is not neat and/or creative.	Needs Improvement Attempts to turn in quality work are not evident. No evidence of effort put forth by the student. Dictionary is not neat, organized, colorful, or creative.
Translation Write true cognates in English and Spanish.	Excellent Phrases are correct and translation is worded correctly. The correct dictionary translation are written in the dictionary.	Good Phrases have minor errors or translation is incorrect.	Fair A translation of the vocabulary word is written incompletely or incorrectly.	Needs Improvement Phrases have major errors or translation is incorrect. The translation of the vocabulary word is not included on the page.
Definition Write the meaning of each cognate.	Excellent Dictionary contains a clear understanding of the meaning of word.	Good Dictionary contains a somewhat understanding of the meaning of word.	Fair Dictionary contains little understanding of the meaning of word. Formatting is somewhat difficult to follow.	Needs Improvement Dictionary contains no understanding of the meaning of word.
Illustrations Draw a representation of the vocabulary.	Excellent 56 or more illustrations are included in the picture. They are in color and would be attractive to the reader.	Good 46 or fewer illustrations are included in the picture. They are in color and would be attractive to the reader.	Fair 36 or fewer illustrations are included in the dictionary, or are drawn sloppily and don't show effort.	Needs Improvement No illustrations are inlcuded in the dictionary.
Sentences Write two sentences: (1) copy the sentence using the cognate (2) write your own sentence using the cognate Check spelling and punctuation	Excellent Dictionary includes 56 clear sentences using cognates from text and own with minimum spelling and punctuation errors.	Good Dictionary includes 46 sentences using cognates from text and own with few spelling and punctuation errors.	Fair Dictionary includes 36 sentences using cognates from text and own with many spelling and punctuation errors.	Needs Improvement Dictionary includes 26 clear sentences using cognates from text and own with excessive spelling and punctuation errors.

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vocabulary, cognates, dictionary, heritage speakers

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