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Lab Safety Cartoon
For this assignment, you will make a lab safety cartoon. Using colored pencils on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper
you will draw at least 2 panels. One panel must illustrate at least one broken safety rule and another must
illustrate the corrected safety issue(s). Each panel must include either a caption or speech bubble. Pay close
attention to proper grammar and spelling. The rubric below shows how the cartoon will be graded.
Have I…?
o Thought about what I will do before starting
o Included at least 2 panels
o Shown at least 1 broken safety rule
o Shown the safety rule(s) corrected
o Included a caption or bubble on each panel
o Checked grammar and spelling
o Worked carefully and neatly
CATEGORY
2.5
2
1.5
Graphics Relevance
Cartoon includes both
a broken rule panel
and a corrected rule
panel, and all
illustrations are
relevant to make the
cartoon easy to
understand. Each panel
has a caption or speech
bubble.
Cartoon includes both a
broken rule panel and a
corrected rule panel,
and most illustrations
are relevant to make the
cartoon easy to
understand. Each panel
has a caption or speech
bubble.
Cartoon has only
one panel, may have
irrelevant
illustrations, or one
panel is missing a
caption or speech
bubble.
Cartoon has only
one panel, has
completely
irrelevant
illustrations, AND
has no captions or
illustrations.
Content Accuracy
Broken safety rule is
corrected
appropriately.
Broken safety rule is
partially corrected.
Explanation for
fixing the broken
safety rule is
incorrect.
Broken safety rule
is not addressed.
The cartoon is attractive
in terms of design,
layout, color and
neatness.
The cartoon is
acceptably attractive
though it may be a
bit messy and is not
in color.
The poster is
distractingly messy,
not in color, and
very poorly
designed.
Attractiveness The cartoon is
exceptionally attractive
in terms of design,
layout, color, and
neatness.
Grammar
There are no
grammatical mistakes
on the cartoon.
There is 1 grammatical There are 2
mistake on the cartoon. grammatical
mistakes on the
cartoon.
1
There are more than
2 grammatical
mistakes on the
cartoon.