Name: ______________________________

Block: ______________
Stories of America Rubric

Collaboration

Communication

Critical
Thinking

5
Product shows
substantial
evidence of
meaningful
collaboration
with peers in
order to
articulate,
support, and
refine
conceptions of
America through
literary texts and
original artifacts.
Product
demonstrates
effective
communication
through the
composition,
revision, and
production of an
original story
using both digital
media and
written
communication.

4
Product reflects
limited, but
meaningful,
collaboration
with peers in
order to
articulate,
support, and
refine
conceptions of
America through
literary texts and
original artifacts.

3
Product reflects
collaboration
with peers, but
this collaboration
may not be
meaningful in
the articulation,
support, and
refinement of
conceptions of
America through
literary texts and
original artifacts.

2
Product reflects
minimal and
insubstantial
collaboration
with peers in
order to
articulate,
support, and
refine
conceptions of
America through
literary texts and
original artifacts.

1
Product does not
suggest
collaboration
with peers in
order to
articulate,
support, and
refine
conceptions of
America through
literary texts and
original artifacts.

Product
demonstrates
adequate
communication
through the
composition,
revision, and
production of an
original story
using both digital
media and
written
communication.

Product reflects
inadequate
communication
strategies,
limited by the
omission of
effective
revision, or
production
strategies in
digital media and
written
communication.

Product reflects
inadequate
communication
strategies, failing
to revise or
effectively
produce digital
media and/or
written
communication.

Product shows
substantial
evidence of
critical thinking,
engagement and
evaluation of

Product reflects
limited evidence
of critical
thinking,
engagement and
evaluation of

Product reflects
adequate
communication
through the
composition of
an original story
using both digital
media and
written
communication.
The product fails
to demonstrate
effective
revision, or
production
strategies.
Product reflects
consideration
canonical works
of American
literature and
other texts, but

Product alludes
to various
conceptions of
America, but
does not
consider specific

Product does not

consider or
respond to any
other
conceptions of
America found in

Name: ______________________________
conceptions of
America
displayed in
canonical works
of American
literature and
other texts.
Product clearly
reflects the
unique interests
and personality
of the student,
demonstrating
creativity and
Creativity
innovation in the
production of an
authentic
portrayal of
America and/or
the American
Dream.

Product Design

Compliance to
Guidelines

Product is
aesthetically
coherent and
user friendly,
employing digital
tools to enhance
content and
facilitate access
to ideas.
Project is
completed and
submitted on or
before the due
date.

Block: ______________
canonical works
canonical
or other texts.
literature or
other texts.

conceptions of
America
displayed in
canonical works
of American
literature and
other texts.
Product suggests
the general
interests or
beliefs of the
students,
demonstrating
creativity in the
production of an
authentic
portrayal of
America and/or
the American
Dream.

does not
demonstrate
critical thinking
or engagement
with these texts.

Product
represents an
authentic
portrayal of
America and/or
the American
Dream, but does
not reflect the
unique interests
or background of
the student.

Product is
minimally
different from
other existing
conceptions of
the American
Dream. The
students voice
in evident, but
not in a
substantial or
meaningful way.

Product is an
unauthentic
portrayal of
America and/or
the American
Dream. Artifacts
do not represent
a creative or
innovative
approach.

Product is
aesthetically
coherent. Digital
tools do not
enhance, but do
not interfere with
the content of
artifacts.

Products
aesthetics and
design do not
enhance the
content of the
artifacts. Student
does not make
effective use of
digital tools.
Project is
submitted almost
fully complete on
the due date.

Products
aesthetics or
design detract
from the
audiences
experience of the
artifacts
content.

Products
aesthetics and
design are
detrimental to
the audiences
experience and
interpretation of
the artifacts
content.
Project is not
completed or
submitted within
a class period of
the due date.

Project is
completed and
submitted within
a class period of
the due date.

Project is
submitted almost
fully complete
within a class
period of the due
date.