Rubric for Tone Stories

Dynamic Character Project Rubric 90-100 80-89 65-79 Below 65  Highly appropriate choices for  Appropriate choice of symbols  Somewhat appropriate choice  Objects misused as all symbols.  Symbols chosen demonstrate of symbols. symbols of themselves. Symbolism  Symbols chosen demonstrate some creativity.  Symbols chosen lack  Symbols chosen do not creative and complex thinking.  Missing one symbol. creativity but are appropriate reflect creativity or  Has full set of symbols. to the character. understanding.  More than symbols missing.  Missing two or three symbols.  Overall effect creates a  Overall effect creates a full,  Overall effect creates a simple  Parts of face missing. creatively articulated face. many featured face. face.  Character traits chosen Depth  Character traits chosen  Character traits chosen  Character traits chosen contradict traits of the demonstrate a deep demonstrate understanding of demonstrate a surface character expressed in the understanding of the character the character and book. understanding of the character book. and book. and book.  Paragraphs fully explain all  Paragraphs explain all symbols  Paragraphs explain symbols in  Insufficient explanation of Explanation symbols using sophisticated and provide rationales using a cursory manner with limited symbols or no explanation language and provide evidence from the text. evidence from the text. of some symbols present. rationales using evidence from the text.  Few if any errors in grammar,  Limited errors in grammar,  Many errors in grammar,  So many errors in Usage and punctuation or spelling. punctuation, or spelling punctuation, and spelling. grammar, spelling, and Mechanics  Strong evidence of  Evidence of proofreading.  Little evidence of punctuation that reading is proofreading and revision. proofreading difficult  No evidence of proofreading  Portrait is colorful, visually  Portrait is colorful and  Portrait is colorful but  Portrait does not Aesthetics/ interesting and aesthetically aesthetically pleasing simplistic in design demonstrate grade-level Presentation pleasing  Portrait is neat and  Portrait has some aesthetics or sufficient  Portrait is neat and demonstrates effort imperfections effort demonstrates great effort Comments: Formatting Issues: ___ missing title and author of book on poster ___ project heading in the incorrect location ___ wrong font ___ labels missing ___ portraits not in logical order ___ no heading or heading in the wrong location