Rubric for Visual Display

Task Description: (Teacher may explain specific assignment in this space.)

weight
Criteria Exceptional Admirable Marginal Unacceptable

 Appropriate  Most details support  Few details support  No details to support

details support main main idea main idea main idea
idea  Accurate information  Lacking accurate  Information is not
 Accurate and for almost all subject information accurate
50
Content %
detailed information matter  Inadequate  Information does not
 Information  Information is mostly information is not support the visual’s
adequately supports adequate and clearly supportive of purpose
purpose of visual supportive of visual’s visual’s purpose
purpose
 Topic and title clear  Topic and title are  Topic and title  Topic and title are
and easily identified mostly clear and difficult to identify not clearly identified
 Main idea is clearly easily identified  Main idea not clearly  No main idea
20 appropriate to topic  Main idea is stated  Illustrations do not
Focus %  All illustrations appropriate to topic  Few illustrations complement purpose
complement purpose  Most illustrations complement purpose of visual
of visual complement purpose of visual
of visual
 Outstanding use of  Adequate use of color,  Inappropriate use of  Little attempt to use
color, design, and design, and space color, design, and color, design and
space  Design is adequate space space appropriately
Visual 20  Original and creative  Overall design is  Design lacks  Design is dull
Appeal % design mostly pleasing and creativity  Project has sloppy
 Overall design is harmonious  Lack of harmonious appearance
pleasing and design in
harmonious presentation
Mechanics 10  Free of grammatical  Mostly free of  Frequent  Too frequent
% errors grammatical errors grammatical errors grammatical errors
 No excess glue, torn  Little use of excess  Excess glue, torn  Distractive elements
edges, mark-outs glue, torn edges, edges, and mark-outs make illustration
 Words are legible and mark-outs  Presentation is ineffective

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 pertinent to topic  Most words are legible illegible and
and pertinent to topic confusing

Assignment Score ______________ + Beyonder/Bonus ______________ = Final Score

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