Grade 8 Everglades Field Guide

CATEGORY Content - Accuracy

A B C D or below

All content is accurate. There Most of the content is are no factual errors. accurate, but there is one piece of information that might be inaccurate. All image sources and appropriate licensing are included in required format on research document and updated to reflect use on final project. assigned are included, if applicable. All image sources and appropriate licensing are included in required format on research document. Not updated to reflect final project use.

The content is generally Content is confusing or accurate, but one piece of contains more than one information is clearly flawed factual error. or inaccurate. All image sources and appropriate licensing are included on research document, but may not be updated and are not in required format. Missing 2 required categories. Missing 1 or more image credits.

Content-Licensed Image Requirements

Content- Requirements All of the required categories Missing 1 category.

Missing 3 or more required categories.

Attractiveness & Organization

The page has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information hierarchy. grammatical errors.

The page has attractive formatting and wellorganized information. No more than 1 spelling or grammatical error. Images and background go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from content. All images are clear and in focus.

The page has well-organized The page formatting and information. organization of material are confusing to the reader. No more than 2 spelling or grammatical errors. Images go well with the text, but there are too few and page appears, "text-heavy". All images are clear and in focus. More than 2 spelling or grammatical errors. Images do not go with the text or appear to be randomly chosen. One or more image is pixilated or not in focus.

Spelling & Proofreading There are no spelling or

Images and background go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics. Images are wellchosen to illustrate and support text. All images are clear and in focus. All text is legible. Font selections, colors and sizes blend well with graphics and serve to help organize material. Tracking and kerning are effectively used. There are no hyphens. Student has made an excellent effort to report information in his/her own words.

Images/ Background

Text

All text is legible. Font selections, colors and sizes blend with graphics and serve to help organize material. Tracking and kerning are effectively used. There are no hyphens. Student has made a satisfactory attempt to report information in his/her own words.

All text is legible. Font selections, colors and sizes blend with graphics and serve to help organize material. There are no hyphens.

All text is legible. Little thought or effort apparent in font selection, size and color.

Writing- Voice

Student has made an attempt to report information, but generally uses wording from research sources instead of using his/her own words.

Almost all information is copied from research sources without any effort to put it in student's own words.

Deadlines are met

Research is shared on time and is complete. First and final drafts are complete, named corrrectly and exported as pdf to U drive by assigned deadlines. The page is tabloid size, resolution is 300 ppi and formatted to print in landscape mode.

Research or first draft is late by one day, but final draft is complete, named corrrectly and exported as pdf to U drive by assigned deadlines.

Research or first draft is Final draft is not complete complete but, is more than 1 and exported to pdf by day late, or is named assigned deadlines. incorrrectly or is not exported as pdf to U drive by assigned deadlines. The page is the wrong size or resolution or orientation. If this box is checked, the work is unacceptable and will receive a failing grade.

Page formatting