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BIOGRAPHY RUBRIC
Criteria Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
INFORMATION:  Identifies few of the  Identifies some of the  Identifies many of the  Carefully identifies all
Identifies important most important life most important life most important life of the most important
facts and events events and/or events and/or events and/or life events and/or
accomplishments; or accomplishments; may accomplishments accomplishments
includes irrelevant include irrelevant
details details
ORGANIZATION:  Some timeline events  Almost all timeline  Timeline events are in  Timeline events are in
Timeline events are in are in chronological events are in chronological order chronological order
chronological order order chronological order and grouped together
to include more detail

Uses time transition  Few/no time transition  Several time  Many time transition  A variety of time
words words are used transition words are words are used transition words are
used used
WORD CHOICE:  Uses first and third  Uses third person  Uses third person  Uses third person
Written in third person person pronouns pronouns sometimes pronouns consistently pronouns skillfully

Written in past tense  Switches verb tenses  Most verbs are  All verbs are written  All verbs are strong
written in past tense in past tense and written in past
tense
CONVENTIONS:  Many spelling mistakes  Some spelling  Few spelling errors  No errors
 Many errors with mistakes  Few errors with
Spelling capital letters  Some errors with capital letters
Capital Letters  Many punctuation capital letters  Few punctuation
Punctuation errors  Some punctuation errors
errors
Teacher’s Comments:

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