CRITERIA EXCEEDING ACCOMPLISHING PROGRESSING EMERGING

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CONTENT The photo essay The photo essay The photo essay The photo essay
strongly conveys conveys ideas or conveys a does not convey
ideas relevant to information surface-level idea information or
title chosen. It may relevant to title relevant to title ideas relevant to
integrate additional chosen chosen. title chosen.
research or outside
knowledge.
CLARITY Photographs are Photographs are Photographs are Photographs
well planned and selected and somewhat seem to be
organized around a arranged in an connected or randomly selected
clear connecting organized, organized around with no
thread. interconnected a selected theme connecting
way thread.
APPEARANCE The work is visually The work is The work reflects The work does
appealing and visually appealingsome effort and not reflect effort or
reflects effort, and reflects effort
care in care in
attention to detail and care in presentation. presentation.
and care in presentation.
presentation.
CREATIVITY The work includes Clear evidence of Some evidence of No evidence of
an array of original, original, creative original, creative original, creative
creative ideas, ideas throughout ideas. Elements ideas. No
combining title the work and in the and principles of elements and
chosen and presentation. photography principles of
elements and Elements and chosen applied. photography
principles of principles of chosen applied.
photography photography
chosen applied. chosen applied.
COLLABORATION Students worked Students worked Students worked Students worked
very well together; well together and together but individually
they compromised contributions were contributions were
and built off one balanced. unbalanced
another’s ideas.
PHOTO ESSAY RUBRICS

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