1 2 3 4 5 Requirements The biography The biography is The biography The biography The biography length is far below the meets the meets the meets or Length and below the required length. required length required length. exceeds the Sources expectation. to a minimal required length. Not enough 3 sources good level or with No sources Sources sources More than 3 some errors. good sources 2-3 somewhat appropriate sources Content(x2) The information The information The information The information The information presented is presented is presented is presented is presented is highly often inaccurate. mixed in terms accurate. Good accurate and inaccurate or Little research is of accuracy. research is insightful. not researched. evident. Minimal evident Excellent The student research is throughout. research is appears to be evident evident making stuff up throughout. throughout. as he or she goes along. Communication Student's Student's Student's Student's Student's communication communication communication communication communication is weak and is poor with is flawed. Some is good There is excellent frequent several spelling, are no There are no spelling, significant grammatical or significant significant grammatical, spelling, punctuation spelling, spelling, and punctuation grammatical or errors interfere grammatical or grammatical or errors make it punctuation with punctuation punctuation difficult to errors that comprehension. errors. errors. comprehend interfere with what he or she is comprehension. trying to say. Total /25
1 2 3 4 5 Requirements Length and Sources The biography length is far below the expectation. No sources The biography is below the required length. Not enough Sources The biography meets the required length to a minimal level or with some errors. 2-3 somewhat appropriate sources The biography meets the required length. 3 sources good sources The biography meets or exceeds the required length. More than 3 good sources Content(x2) The information presented is highly inaccurate or not researched. The student appears to be making stuff up as he or she goes along. The information presented is often inaccurate. Little research is evident. The information presented is mixed in terms of accuracy. Minimal research is evident throughout. The information presented is accurate. Good research is evident throughout. The information presented is accurate and insightful. Excellent research is evident throughout. Communication Student's communication is weak and frequent spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors make it difficult to comprehend what he or she is trying to say. Student's communication is poor with several significant spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors that interfere with comprehension. Student's communication is flawed. Some spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors interfere with comprehension. Student's communication is good There are no significant spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors. Student's communication is excellent There are no significant spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors. Total /25