Rubric for Grading Independent Projects

Name: ______Project: ______

Title: ______Medium: ______

RUBRIC FOR GRADING INDEPENDENT PROJECTS

 To what degree has the student chosen a challenging project to work on for the duration of the independent study?

5 Extremely challenging/ highly developed detail in a completed work of art

4 Challenging/ completely and consistently working to improve technique and detail

3 Moderately challenging/ having detail that may or may not be completely developed

2 Slightly challenging/ having minimal detail work to focus on

1 Not very challenging/ having no detail and the work seems incomplete to the teacher

 To what degree has the student used his time wisely in class towards the creation and completion of the project?

5 Invested every free moment of class time to successfully develop the intended skills and techniques into an exceptional work of art.

4 Used time wisely and accomplished the objective sufficiently

3 Used some time to socialize, however accomplished a fair amount of work

2 Used a considerable amount of time to socialize yet accomplishing the work minimally

1 Used most time socializing project incomplete

 To what degree of craftsmanship has the student exhibited the high quality of a professional artist?

5 Exceptional craftsmanship and presentation of the completed work Name: ______Project: ______

4 Good Craftsmanship/improved and developed well

3 Development of craftsmanship/shows improvement

2 Low regard for craftsmanship/minimal quality

1 Poor craftsmanship/sloppy/careless

 To what degree has the student developed skills and techniques with the chosen media?

5 Chose a media that they were familiar with and considerably improved development of technique and skill with that media

4 Chose media that they were familiar with and made efforts to improve development

3 Chose a media that they were somewhat familiar with and developed further

2 Chose a media that they had little knowledge of and minimal development of skill

1 Chose a media that they had no prior knowledge of using

 To what degree has the student involved the elements and principles of design to create an interesting composition and successful work of art?

5 The composition exhibits a high degree of originality in the use of the elements and principles of art in the creation of a successful work of art.

4 The composition exhibits the students’ knowledge and intent to employ the elements and principles to create a successful work of art.

3 The composition exhibits the students’ awareness of the elements and principles. Name: ______Project: ______

2 The composition shows limited evidence of student knowledge in using the elements and principles of art to create a successful composition.

1 The composition shows no evidence of student knowledge of elements and principles.

____/25x2 ____/50 total