Nonfiction Writing Assignment Rubric

 

Category 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Originality Shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. Shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. Uses other people’s ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. Uses other people’s ideas, but does not give them credit.
Requirements All requirements are met and exceeded. All requirements are met. One require-ment was not completely met. More than one requirement was not completely met.
Attractiveness Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. Use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but these often distract from the presentation content.

 

Content Subject knowledge is excellent. Includes essent-ial knowledge about the topic. Subject know-ledge appears to be good. Includes essential information about the topic but there are factual errors. Content is mini-mal OR there are several factual errors.
Mechan No misspellings or grammatical errors. Three or fewer misspellings and/ or mechanical errors. Four misspellings and/or gramma-tical errors. More than four errors in spelling or grammar.

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