Financial Decisions
Financial Investigation Portfolio Project
Rubric
Financial Decisions
Investigation
Written and
Graphic
Presentation
25 points
Key Question:
Is your project
pleasant to look at?
Communication
25 points
Key Question:
Was I able to easily
understand the
student’s thinking or
did I have to make
inferences and
guesses about what
they were trying to
do?
Word Choice
25 points
Key Question:
Exemplary 25 Points
Proficient 20 points
Developing 15 points
Both comic and descriptive
essay are creative, neat
and thoughtfully planned.
Some careful planning of
layout, creativity and
neatness for both comic
and descriptive essay.
Either comic or
descriptive essay seem
to have been put
together without much
thought, creativity, or
neatness.
Both comic and descriptive
essay show outstanding
organization and are
understandable.
Both comic and
descriptive essay show
some organization and
are understandable
Either the comic or
descriptive essay fail to
show good organization
and are not
understandable
There is no
organization in both
the comic and
descriptive essay.
Either the comic or
descriptive essay fails to
show an understanding
of expressions and
equations related to
finances
Both the comic and
descriptive essay
fail to show an
understanding of
expressions and
equations related to
finances
You weren’t able to
sustain a good
beginning for one or the
other
Your explanations
seemed to ramble
Your comic and
descriptive essay both
show a deep
understanding of
expressions and equations
related to finances
Your comic and
descriptive essay show
understanding of
expressions and
equations related to
finances
You communicated
concepts with precision
You communicated
concepts with care.
Representations expanded
on your knowledge.
Representations
expanded on your
knowledge.
Both the comic and
descriptive essay show 10
math vocabulary words
used correctly.
At least one of the comic
or descriptive essay
shows 8-9 math
vocabulary words used
correctly.
At least one of the comic
or descriptive essay
shows 6-7 math
vocabulary words used
correctly.
At least one of the
comic or descriptive
essay shows 5 or
less math
vocabulary words
used correctly.
You confidently explained
financial decisions in both
the comic and essay.
You explained financial
decisions in both the
comic and essay.
You began to explain
financial decisions in
either the comic or
essay.
You failed to
explain financial
decisions in both
the comic and
essay.
Did I correctly use
10 math vocabulary
words to explain the
finances?
Ideas
25 points
Key Question:
Does the activity
show an
understanding of the
math concepts
covered in this unit?
Emerging 10
points
No evidence of
plan, creativity or
neatness involved
in both the comic
and descriptive
essay.
.
You did seem to
have a sense of
what your audience
needed to know
Financial Decisions
Financial Investigation Portfolio
Project
Project Descriptor
You are a writer for the comics section of a newspaper. You have been asked to
publish a financial comic strip. Create a comic strip using a minimum of 10 math
vocabulary words including the attached list used appropriately. Must be a
minimum of 8 panels. A descriptive essay must accompany comic strip.
Description must be a minimum of a half-page, double spaced, 10-11 font and
must include a description of a minimum of 10 math vocabulary words
highlighted and used appropriately.
FINANCIAL WORDS TO BE INCLUDED IN BOTH COMIC STRIP
AND ESSAY
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Revenue
Profit
Cost
Break Even Point
Other 6 vocabulary words may be of your choice as long as they are
related to the topic and used appropriately.