English – Mrs. AbiSamra
Final Scoring Rubric
Over 210
Student Name: ______________________________ Final Grade: __________/100
¨ Does it represent your “Life Journey?”
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Do the strips of pictures represent you, your hobbies,
interests, and/or achievements?
¨ Illustrations
¨ Creative Title
¨ Name, grade level, subject, teacher
¨ Date
Index Over 5 _________
¨ All sections mentioned
¨ Order followed
¨ Correct page numbers
Introduction Over 10 _________
¨ At least 120 words?
¨ Good Hook / Motivator?
¨ Lead in?
¨ Thesis? Is it representative of your project?
Essays (graded according to the “6 + 1 Trait Rubric”) Over 70 _________
1. Information About You: _________
2. Your Family: _________
3. Your Friends: _________
4. Your School: _________
5. Your Hobbies & Interests: _________
6. Your Holidays: _________
7. Favorite Objects/Animals/Books: _________
Conclusion Over 10 _________
¨ At least 120 words?
¨ Worth remembering?
¨ Summing up / restating your thesis?
¨ Did you answer the question “Who are you?”
¨ Message you want your reader to leave with?
¨ Food for thought / question / quotation / recommendations?
Comparison with Genres Studied Over 10 _________
¨
Do you compare yourself, your family, friends,
adventures, etc… (all major sections) with characters / events
you have studied this year?
Expressions Used Over 10 _________
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Do you include at least 20 expressions collected
from your readings?
¨
Are these expressions underlined with footnotes that
mention the title/author of the book you took them from
and the page numbers?
¨ Agreement of tenses
¨ Punctuation
¨ Capitalization
¨ Grammar in general
¨ Usage
¨ Spelling
¨ Accuracy in general
Presentation / Creativity / Substantiality Over 20 _________ (+ 10)
¨ Is it well bound?
¨ Very few typing mistakes/corrections?
¨ Is it visually clear and pleasing?
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Is it substantial, deep, not superficial, taken
seriously,
providing important and essential information?
Idea Basket Over 10 _________
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Article ideas?
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Titles?
¨
Future projects?
¨
Favorite things/quotes?
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Advice?
References Over 10 _________
¨ All sources included?
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According to the APA style?
Appendix Over 10 _________
¨ Outlines
¨ Drafts
¨ Hard copies of major references
¨ Peer evaluation checklists
¨ Appropriate order
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Whole Project on a Floppy
Outline Suggestion:
Fill-in Form - 5 paragraph essay
Outline
Suggestion: Fill-in Form - 8 paragraph essay
Essay Outline || Essay Checklist
|| 6 + 1 Trait
rubric || Oral
Presentation Rubric
Expressions
collected from Readings
Grade 9-3
Tentative Program & Time-Table for 04-05
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