Eulogy Rubric
Historical Figure _______________________________________
Name______________________________
Criteria
Content
Eulogy
(20 points)
Needs
Improvement
Does not includes
Includes the important
Includes most of the
most of the
details of one’s life Written important details of one’s
important details of
from the perspective of a life
one’s life
friend tells the whole story Written from a neutral
No perspective is
perspective
presented
shows good comprehension
interesting to read
tells a story
tells the partial
shows comprehension
story fails to show
interesting to read stays
comprehension
within the boundaries of
goes above and beyond
lacks interest
expectations
expectations
Excellent
Acceptable
20 19 18 17 16
15 14
eulogies include
pictures/graphics/stories
Creativity
(10 points)
eulogies include some
pictures/graphics/stories
incorporates some facts
incorporates facts with the
with the author’s own
author’s own analysis
analysis
13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6
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no
pictures/graphics/
or stories
incorporates no or
only a few facts
with no analysis
information presented in a
information presented in a
unique manner
information
normal manner
presented in a
haphazard manner
10 9 8
7
6543210
stories stay on topic stories stories stray from
stories stay on topic stories
are somewhat logical
the topic
Organization are logical understandable
mostly understandable
stories are illogical
(5 points)
54
3
210
accurate spelling with a
numerous spelling
accurate spelling
few mistakes punctuation errors punctuation
punctuation used correctly
mostly used correctly
errors
Grammar
excellent sentence structure
poor sentence
(5 points)
structure
good sentence structure
54
3
References
(5 points)
4 or more references
at least two source are nonInternet; one must be a
primary document
accurate formatting
54
Length
2-3 Pages
(5 points)
210
3 references
fewer than 3
at least one source is non- references all
Internet
Internet sources
mostly accurate formatting formatting errors
3
at least 2 pages
1 - 2 pages
54
3
TOTAL POINTS __________ Teacher Evaluation/Comments:
210
less than 1 page
210