Text Features Project

Rubric
Congratulations! Because of all of your achievements as a 5 th
grade scholar at Freedom Prep, there is going to be an article
published about YOU in the Freedom Prep Times. For this
project, you are to write an informational article about
YOURSELF. It should be written in third person and contain
informational text features so that your readers have the best
possible understanding of your scholarly life!
Score
_______/20 pts.

_______/20 pts.

_______/5 pts.

_______/10 pts.

_______/10 pts.

Criteria
Organizational features
Includes at least TWO of the following:
Heading
Subheading
Title
Glossary
Informational
Includes at least TWO of the following:
Photo
Captions/Label
Diagram/Chart/Graph
Bold words
Point of view
Third person (Third person sounds like, Andre was born
in Camden, NJ, not I was born in Camden, NJ)
Rough draft
Scholar completes rough draft and makes revisions
suggested by teacher
Presentation
Article is neat and organized
Edge to edge writing
Letter space between words
Varied use of color
Extra credit points!
One additional organizational feature (10 points)

One additional informational feature (10 points)

Teacher comments:
______/65 pts.