Empire Overall

4321Completion of Project100% of therequired partsof the projectare complete.90% of therequired partsof the projectare complete.At least 70% of the required parts of the project arecomplete.Less than 70%of the required parts of the project arecomplete.Quality and NeatnessThe project isof high quality.It is neat andorganized. The project lookslike a professionalnewspaper.The project ismostly highquality. Theremight be a fewmistakes. The project almostlooks like a professionalnewspaper.The project isnot very highquality or neat.Parts of the project aremessy or sloppy. Theremight be straymarks or smudges.The project ismessy andsloppy. It doesnot look at alllike a professionalnewspaper.ImportantVocabularyCrosswordImportantvocabularywords can befound in the project text.They are veryimportant tounderstandingthis empire.Most importantvocabularywords can befound in the project text.They areusuallyimportant tounderstandingthis empire.Somevocabularywords can befound in the project text andadd to thereader'sunderstandingof the empire.Vocabularywords cannot be found in the project text anddo not add tothe reader'sunderstanding.

Article Rubric

4321FactsArticle answers thequestions: who,what, where, andwhen?Information iscorrect.Article mostlyanswers thequestions: whowhat, where, andwhen?Information ismostly correct.Article partiallysome of thequestions: who,what, where, andwhen? There areseveral mistakesin theinformation.Article does notreally answer thequestions: who,what, where, andwhen? There aremany mistakes.CausesArticle shows aclear understanding of causes. It givesseveral reasonswhy somethinghappened, andexplains it clearly.Article showssomeunderstanding of causes. It gives atleast one reasonwhy somethinghappened.Article suggestssome reasonswhy somethinghappened, but itis not explainedclearly.Article does notexplain whysomethinghappened.Effects/ImportanceArticle shows aclear understanding of effects. It givesseveral reasonswhy the subject isimportant or the.Article showssomeunderstanding of effects. It gives atleast one reasonwhy somethingwas important.Article suggestssome reasonswhy somethingwas important, but it is notexplainedclearly.Article does notexplain whysomething isimportant.Revision/ProofreadingArticle showsevidence of extensive revisionand proofreading.Article showssome evidence of revision and proofreading.Article showslittle evidence of revision and proofreading.Article does notshow evidence of revision and proofreading.Illustrations Illustrations areneat, accurate andadd to the reader'sunderstanding of the topic. Captionsexplain theillustration.Illustrations areaccurate and addto the reader'sunderstanding of the topic. Captionsexplain theillustration.Illustrations areneat and accurateand sometimesadd to thereader'sunderstanding of the topic.Captions vaguelyexplain theillustration.Illustrations arenot accurate OR do not add to thereader'sunderstanding of the topic. Captionsdo not explain theillustration.