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Rubric: Famous person, etc.

5th graders reporting on a famous person, a plant, a place, or a thing

Rubric Code: Z56XC9

By judydaniel

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Famous person, etc.
	Outstanding 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Content	Outstanding Includes complete biography of person, or material about plant, place, or other thing. (NOT an animal)	Good Includes adequate information about the topic	Fair Includes some details about the topic	Poor Includes very few details about the topic
Content	Outstanding Answers all 4 key questions	Good Answers 3 key questions	Fair Answers 2 Key questions	Poor Answers only 1 or none of the key questions
Organization	Outstanding Has well-written introduction and conclusion paragraphs	Good Has adequate introduction and conclusion paragraphs	Fair Has introduction and conclusion paragraphs	Poor Missing one of the 2 paragraphs (introduction or conclusion)
Organization	Outstanding Details are placed in logical order and are presented effectively to keep the interest of the reader.	Good Details are placed in logical order but the way they are presented sometimes makes the writing less interesting.	Fair Some details are not in logical order and this distracts the reader	Poor Many details are not in logical or expected order. Writing is not organized
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation	Outstanding Always follows the conventions of grammar, punctuation, and spelling/capitalization	Good Usually follows the conventions of grammar, punctuation, and spelling/capitalization	Fair Sometimes follows the conventions of grammar, punctuation, and spelling/capitalization	Poor Does not follow the conventions of grammar, punctuation, and spelling/capitalization
Layout	Outstanding Contains a complete title page, at least a full page of information, and a bibliography page	Good Missing one item	Fair Missing 2 items	Poor
Notes	Outstanding Notes are placed on correct note sheets, show use of good notetaking skills, and are not in sentence form	Good Notes are on correct notes sheets, show use of good notetaking skills, but are in sentence form	Fair Notes are on correct note sheets but do not show good notetaking skills and are in sentence form	Poor Notes are unorganized.