Spend A Day With A Founding Father Rubric
Author: Megan Horbin
CATEGORY 4
The story contains
many creative
details and/or
descriptions that
Creativity
make it fun to read.
The author has
really used his/her
imagination.
There are no
spelling or
punctuation
mistakes in the final
Spelling and
draft. Character
Punctuation
and place names
were spelled the
same throughout
the paper.
The entire story is
related to the
assignment and
Focus on
shows that the
Assigned
reader understands
Topic
much more about
their Founding
Father.
The final draft of
the story is
readable, clean,
neat and looks
nice. It is free of
Neatness
eraser markings
and crossed-out
words. It looks like
the author took
great pride in it.
Research
Final
Submission
3
2
The story contains
The story contains
only a few creative
some creative details
details and/or
and/or descriptions
descriptions and/or
that make it fun to
they distract from
read. The author has
the story. The
used his/her
author tried to use
imagination.
his/her imagination.
1
There is little
creativity in the
story. The author
does not seem to
have used much
imagination.
There is one spelling
or punctuation
mistake in the final
draft. Character and
place names have 1
spelling mistake
throughout the paper.
There are 2-3
spelling and
punctuation
mistakes in the final
draft.
The story is related to
the assignment but
wanders off at some
points. The student
has still learned
something about their
Founding Father.
Some of the story is
related to the
The story does not
assignment, but the
relate to the
student did not learn
assignment.
much about their
Founding Father.
The final draft of the
story is readable,
neat and looks nice.
It may have one or
two eraser markers
or crossed-out words,
but they are not
distracting. It looks
like the author took
some pride in it.
The final draft of the
story is readable
and some of the
pages look nice. It
looks like parts of it
might have been
done in a hurry.
The final draft has
more than 3
spelling and
punctuation
mistakes.
The final draft is
not neat nor does
it look clean. It
looks like the
student just
wanted to get it
done and didn't
care what it looked
like.
None of the
sources are
correctly cited or
there are no
sources cited or
the sources are
not credible.
The final
The final submission The final submission The final
submission
was missing 2 or
was missing 3 or
submission was
included the final
more of the
more of the
missing 4 or more
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draft with partner’s draft, partner’s
draft, partner’s
Worksheet, first
comments and
comments or
comments or
draft, partner’s
The final draft of
the story correctly
cites the sources
from the research.
There are 3 or
more sources cited.
The final draft of the
story has three
credible sources but
one or more are not
correctly cited.
The final draft of the
story has less than
three sources cited
correctly and/or one
or more are not
correctly cited.
Editing
presentation.
presentation.
presentation.
The writer paid
attention to
spelling,
punctuation,
grammar and
handwriting, as well
as the creativity,
and took advice or
partner’s critique.
The writer corrected
only what their
partner commented
on and/or only
focused on the
spelling,
punctuation,
grammar and
handwriting.
There were very little
changes made to the
final copy, compared
to the first draft.
Many comments of
their partner's were
overlooked and/or
had many spelling,
punctuation, or
grammar mistakes.
There was no
change between
the first draft and
the final copy.
The presentation
missed one of more
of the following: who
they picked, why
they picked them, an
interesting fact and a
good summary.
Visuals used
technology and were
well done.
The presentation
missed two or more
of the following: who
they picked, why
they picked them, an
interesting fact, good
summary, and
visuals.
OR
Visuals were not a
big part of the
presentation.
The presentation
missed three or
more of the
following: who they
picked, why they
picked them, an
interesting fact, a
good summary,
and visuals.
OR
Visuals were not
explained or used
in the
presentation.
The presentation
covered who they
picked, why they
picked them, an
interesting fact and
Presentation
a very good
summary. Visuals
were creative, well
done and used
technology.
comments or
presentation.