Glogster Writing Assignment Rubric
As your next performance task you will research a topic of your choice. You will write down your research gathering, and you will write down your source. The first checkpoint will be the notecards with the research on the front and the source on the back.
After your research, you will create your own Glogster poster online. You will use a specific sign-in that I will assign you.
What I will be grading for:
1) Five paragraphs about your topic.
Each paragraph should embody supporting details and a consistent main idea, and each paragraph should flow smoothly from main idea to main idea. (20 points)Standards 6/7/8W2 b-d.
The four paragraphs should include an introduction to the topic and a conclusion, or conclusion statement showing what we can learn from your topic and/or apply to our lives. (20 points)Standards 6/7/8W2 a. and f.
2) Four to eight images with captions to match your paragraphs and topic.
These images must include a caption that describes what the image is about and what the image is showing the reader. (20 points)Standards 6/7/8W2 a., b. and d.
3) The Glogster poster must be organized and appealing to the eye. It must show clear effort and creativity. (10 points)Standards 6/7/8W4
4) Your grammar and mechanics must have fewer than two mistakes in punctuation, capitalization, verb agreement, spelling, and incomplete sentences.(10 points)Standards 6/7/8W2e.and 6/7/8L1
Use the sample Glogster to help you design your poster. Make sure to double check your rough draft.
Due dates to expect:
- Notecard data collection due ______
- Rough draft due ______
- Final draft due ______
The Glogster is located at this website:
Write down your login and your password here:
Login ______
Password:______
Rough draft checklist:
Organization and construction:
Do my paragraphs make sense when I read them out loud? ______
Does each sentence connect well with the sentence before? ______
Does my first paragraph introduce what the poster is about? ______
Do my body paragraphs each discuss only one main idea? ______
Does my final paragraph restate my main ideas and express what we should learn from the topic and apply to our own lives? ______
Grammar and Mechanics:
Does each sentence have a capital letter at the beginning? ______
Does each sentence have a subject, predicate, and object? ______
Does each sentence end with the proper punctuation? ______
Did I attempt to use compound sentences, or vary my sentence structure?______
Images:
Do my images have captions? ______
Do the captions explain something that is shown in the image? ______
Is the image the best choice to help explain my topic? ______
If you answered “No” to any of these questions, then fix the problem on your Gloster and then read through the checklist again. Make sure that you hand this in on the due date!Other standards addressed: 6/7/8W10, and 6/7/8W6
Name: ______Class:______