Evaluation

Here is your grading rubric to follow along and double check as you are completing your quest.

Exemplary

Accomplished


Developing

Beginning

Creativity of newspaper titles, use of pictures, and presentation

-The individual publication is aesthetically pleasing and well organized.  
-The use of pictures relate the articles.  Pictures accurately represents the time frame of the newspaper.
-Titles and subtitles are well thought out and draw interest to the articles.
-Newspaper is neat, typed and attractive.
-Class presentation met the requirement of 4 articles and was 3 to 4 minutes.  
-All articles are written in third person.

(18 points)

-The individual publication is aesthetically pleasing and well organized.  
-All articles have a picture related to it.  
-Titles and subtitles accompany each article.
-Newspaper is mostly neat, typed and fairly attractive.
-Class presentation met the requirement of 4 articles and was 2 to 3 minutes.
-Most articles are written in third person.




(14 points)

-The individual publication is unremarkable in appearance and sufficiently organized.  
-Not all pictures relate to each  article.
-Titles and subtitles are basic, may be missing a few and not very well thought out.
-Newspaper is somewhat neat, typed and decently attractive.
-Class presentation did not meet the requirements of 4 articles and was under 2 minutes.
-About half of the articles are written in third person.



(10 points)
-The individual publication is visually displeasing and poorly organized.
-There very few pictures or they may not relate to the the specific article.  
-Titles and subtitles are very generic or several are missing.
-Newspaper was not neat, not typed and unattractive.
-Class presentation was limited and under 1 minute.
-Not all articles are written in third person.




(6 points)
Researching from a specific perspective.
-All of the questions from each perspective are thoroughly answered using reliable sources
-The responses relate to the city assigned to the group.
-Each group member equally contributed to researching and answering the questions.


(18 points)

-Most of the questions from each perspective are thoroughly answered using reliable sources
-The responses relate mostly to the city assigned to the group.
-Most of the group members equally contributed to researching and answering the questions.


(14 points)
-Some of the questions from each perspective are thoroughly answered using reliable sources
-The responses somewhat relate to the city assigned to the group.
-Some of the group members equally contributed to researching and answering the questions.


(10 points)

-Few of the questions from each perspective are thoroughly answered using reliable sources
-The responses rarely relate to the city assigned to the group.
-Few of the group members equally contributed to researching and answering the questions.



(6 points)
Accuracy and reliability of information in the news articles (Refer to "Is my source reliable" on the Resources page).
Each article is graded separately for a maximum value of 32 points (4 points each).



 -All of the facts within the article are accurate with no errors in overall content.
-All information is from reliable sources (Refer to "Is my source reliable" on the Resources page).
-Article directly relates to the city/part of the country selected by the group.

(4 points)
-Most of the facts within the article are accurate with 1 error in overall content.
-All information is from reliable sources (Refer to "Is my source reliable" on the Resources page).
-Article directly relates to the city/part of the country selected by the group.

(3 points)
 -Some of the facts within article is accurate with 2 or less errors in overall content.
-Some information is obtained from unreliable sources (Refer to "Is my source reliable" on the Resources page).
-The article vaguely relates to the city/part of the country selected by the group.

(2 points)
-Few of the facts within the article are accurate with over 2 errors in overall content.
-Most information is obtained from unreliable sources (Refer to "Is my source reliable" on the Resources page).
-The article does not relate the to city/part of the country selected by the group.

(1 point)

Written language
Each article is graded separately for a maximum value of 32 points (4 points each).
-Writing is coherent and easy to follow.
-Writing is organized with good use of transitions.
-Writing has clear main ideas supported by details and examples.
-Writing is focused and pertinent to topic.
-The response is clear and relatively error free.



(4 points)
 
 -Writing shows a significant understanding of topic.
-Writing may have minor errors in grammar, usage and mechanics.  Errors do not impede meaning.
-Provides nearly complete supporting points.
-Organization is coherent and easy to follow.




(3 points)
-Writing shows some understanding of the topic.
-Writing provides some supporting calculations, arguments, justifications, and evidence.
-Sentence structure is correct but basic, awkward, and difficult to follow.
-Recognizes an appropriate strategy of development, but uses it inappropriately.


(2 points)
-Writing attempts a strategy with little understandable shape or direction.
-Shows minimal understanding of content.
-Shows reasoning but makes serious errors in sentence structure, grammar and mechanics, vocabulary, and calculations.
-Provides little support for arguments, justifications, and calculations.

(1 point)

TOTAL POINTS:  100 points

When you are finished continue on to the Conclusion page.

Introduction
Task
Process
Resources
Evaluation
Conclusion