CATEGORY

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Points Earned

Neatness and Effort

The book has no distracting errors, corrections or erasures and is easily read. It appears the student spent a lot of effort getting things just right.

The book has almost no distracting errors, corrections or erasures and is easily read. It appears the student worked hard on it.

The book is fairly readable but the quality is not too good on some parts. It looks like the student ran out of time or didn't take care of it.

Very messy and hard to read. It looks like the student threw it together at the last minute without much care.

Illustration(s)

Illustrations were creative, drawn and colored neatly and were a good size.

Illustrations were drawn and colored neatly and were a good size.

Illustrations were drawn and colored neatly, but some were too large or too small.

Illustrations were drawn and/or colored carelessly.

Vocabulary

Student correctly uses 2 or more new words from the lessons on each culture and can define them, if asked.

Student uses 2 or more new words, but may not be able to accurately define one of them.

Student uses 1 new word, but may not be able to accurately define it.

Student has not used any recently studied vocabulary in the book.

Front and back cover

The book has a front and back cover. The collage is placed on the front cover. The inside has a small photograph or drawing of the book creator. The front cover is clearly labeled with the author's name.

The book has a front and back cover. The collage is placed on the front cover, but may be messy. The small photograph or drawing of the books creator may be missing, or the author's name is not clearly labeled on the front cover.

The book has a front and back cover. The collage is placed on the front cover, but is messy. There is no small photograph or drawing of the books creator on the inside, The author's name may not be clearly labeled on the front cover.

The book is missing one or both covers, or the collage is missing from the front cover. The picture or drawing on the inside is missing. The name is not clearly labeled on the front page.

Use of time and amount of content

Class time was used wisely. It is clear the student used a lot of time to complete this book and put a lot of effort into its completion. The contents of the book are very through.

Class time was used wisely. Student could have put in more time and effort. The contents of the book could be more through, but most information is there.

Class time was not always used wisely. The student could have put in more time and effort. The book seems to be missing content.

Class time was not used wisely. It is obvious little effort was put into the completion of the book. The book looks thrown together, and has minimal content.