A B C Acrostic Rubric

Criteria Advanced (5-6 pts) Proficient (3-4 pts) Partially Proficient (1-2 pts) Unsatisfactory (0pt) Points

Presentation

First letter of each sentence is significantly larger than the rest of the letters in the sentence All first letters capitalized Font is readable All letters of the alphabet were used Good sentence structure Correct spelling Punctuation present Grammatically correct Contains all information required Flows well and makes sense to the reader Facts are accurate No plagiarism Six or more different sources cited WOW! Mind-blowing! Very creative (original ideas; no copy cat ideas) Communicated information effectively using scientific language correctly Presented ALL information appropriately using drawings, pictures, or diagrams Cited sources of information appropriately

First letter of each sentence is NOT significantly larger than the letters in the rest of the sentence Capitalized Font is readable 75% or more of the letters of the alphabet were used Good sentence structure Some incorrect spelling Lacks some punctuation Some grammatical mistakes Lacks some of the required information Does not flow well yet makes some sense to the reader Facts are accurate Some plagiarism Four to five different sources cited Creative with some copy cat ideas

First letter of each sentence is NOT significantly larger than the rest of the letters in the sentence Some first letters not capitalized Font is readable 50% or less of the letters of the alphabet were used

Student did not reached a standard described by any descriptors given.

Conventions

Only a few sentences Too many one word or word phrase Too much incorrect spelling Too many grammatical mistakes Lacks half or more of the required information Does not flow well, and makes no sense to the reader Some inaccurate facts Mostly plagiarism One to three different sources cited

Student did not reached a standard described by any descriptors given.

Student did not reached a standard described by any descriptors given.

Content

No sources cited

Sources Cited

Lacks creativity (copy cat ideas)

Creativity

Student did not reached a standard described by any descriptors given. Student did not reached a standard described by any descriptors given.

IBMYP Criterion B

Communicated scientific information using scientific language Presented MOST of the information appropriately using drawings, pictures, or diagrams Cited sources of information with some errors

Tried to communicate using scientific language Presented SOME information using drawings, pictures, or diagrams Tried to cite sources of information but is incorrect.

Grade

36