Use the rubric below to get the grade you want!

ME (WOW!)

Research

All of MP

I have more than 3 Big

Ideas/or very
informative big ideas
because:

I included extra
information about
my animal

MP (Yes!)
I completed my Amazing
Animal Research guide
notes and used it to write
and informative essay
My Informative essay has
Clear topic sentence
3 Big Ideas and 2
supporting details

DP (Almost!)
I completed part of my
Animal Research Guide
Notes
I used SOME of the
information
Some of the sentences
are incomplete.

Conclusion

A topic sentence

connection to the

Transition and linking words

Big idea and supporting

animal I choose.

At least 8-10 complete

informative sentences.

details
Conclusion sentence

I typed my essay

I used ALL my notes to

Transition or linking

I used more than 2

write my essay.
My essay is neatly

8-10 informative

information

handwritten (or typed)

I used 2 resources for my

sentencecs
Resources

Visual

Same and MP and

Visual is neat and organized

Display

The visual has a label

of the animal and the

Shows my animal in its

environment

environment neatly

If using images, I have 5

typed/handwritten

images and a caption for

with correct spelling

and punctuation
Used one of the
suggested projects
but added more to it

each image
Cleary shows the animal in
its environment

project on-time
Information
incomplete
Missing Amazing
Animal Research
Guide Notes

words

resources for my

information

*Does not turn in

My essay does not have

made a personal

WB (Keep Trying!)

Neat handwriting
Visual is complete but

I did not turn in

missing parts (less

than 5 pictures with

my visual
Visual does not

captions)
My visual is falling

show animal in
their environment

apart
Many spelling and
punctuation errors

Few spelling errors and

punctuation

(or created your own

idea to display animal)
Oral

Uses a clear loud voice

to present
Doe not fidget with
things
Knowns what you are
talking about! Does not

Uses a clear loug voice most

of the time
Looks at the audience

notecards,
presentation
board (does not
look at audience)

Fidgets and
moves around

presentation
interesting by using a
information

oral presentation

Looks only at

visual
Does not read from essay

Makes oral

PowerPoint to present

Does not complete

or mumbles

May use note cards/signs on

use note card and looks

at the audience

Uses a soft voice

that is
distracting

Looses spot and

cannot continue