EARTHQUAKE PROJECT Scoring Rubrics

Name______date______Country Research Project – Scoring rubrics The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of the research process with the creation of a web-poster on a country. They will summarize and synthesize what they have read and organize the information for use in written and oral presentation. WRITTEN Awesome Good Effort A Work in Progress Just Beginning PRESENTATION (4) (3) (2) (1)  Ideas The project is well developed The project is fairly well The project has little The project is incomplete and the project ideas are fully developed and the project development and the project and the information is supported with appropriate ideas are generally supported ideas are inadequately confusing. The project details and examples listed in with basic details listed in supported with details listed ideas are not supported the graphic organizer. the graphic organizer. in the graphic organizer. with details and example.

 Organization The student displays excellent The student displays fairly The student displays limited The student fails to sense of organization – title, good sense of organization. senses of organization – the organize the information headings and subheadings. The pictures generally pictures do not adequately according to the ideas in The pictures fully support the support the written support the written the graphic organizer. written information. The information. The poster is information. The poster is There are no pictures and poster is very neat and neat but could be more not neat and colorful enough. headings. The poster is colorful. colorful very messy.  Comprehension The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates profound understanding of the fairly good understanding of minimum understanding of poor understanding of the country they have researched the country and presents the the country they researched country they researched and presents the information information in an almost and presents the information and fails to presents the in a very logical order. logical order. in an illogical order. information in order.  Sources The student used multiple The student used only three The student used only one There is no evidence of print and electronic sources to sources to conduct the source to conduct the use of sources. There is conduct the research. There is research. The works cited research. The works used are no works cited page a complete works cited page page is incomplete. incorrectly cited. enclosed. enclosed. ORAL The student shares the facts The student shares facts The student is unconfident, The student fails to PRESENTATION they’ve learned about the randomly, tries to maintain does not speak clearly and present the information country in a logical order, eye contact, speaks presents minimum on the topic adequately. maintains eye contact, speaks indistinctly, and information on the topic clearly and demonstrates demonstrates general thorough knowledge of the knowledge of the topic. topic.