Weathering and Erosion RAFT Project Rubrics

Name: ______Period: _____Due Date: October 28, 2013

Category / 10: Proficient / 8: Mastery / 6: Almost There / 4-1: Needs Improvement
Scientific
Thought/
Research / Scientific facts are accurate. There is much evidence of research.
Shows complete understanding of the required knowledge. / Scientific facts are somewhat accurate. There is some evidence of research.
Shows nearly complete understanding of required knowledge. / Scientific facts are not as accurate. There is little evidence of research.
Show some understanding of required knowledge. / Scientific facts are inaccurate. There is no evidence of research.
Show limited or NO understanding of required knowledge.
Theme/
Message / Storyline is interesting, significant, and well supported by text evidence. Visuals enhance/enrich theme/message.
Communication and explanation is clear and effective. / Storyline is somewhat interesting, significant, and somewhat supported by text evidence. Visuals are relevant to theme/message.
Communication is clear. / Storyline is of little interest, significant, and very little text evidence to support. Visuals somewhat support theme/message.
Incomplete explanation, some use of appropriate terminology. / Storyline is not interesting, significant, and is not supported by text evidence. Lacks visuals and/or visuals are irrelevant.
Communication unclear, no explanation
Academic Honesty/
Plagiarism / Student accurately represents the information by citing ALL sources, summarizing accurately, and used appropriate language of the standard, pictures and or script. / Student accurately represents most of the information by citing most of their sources, summarizing accurately, and mainly used appropriate language of the standard, pictures and or script. / Student information is somewhat accurate and citing some sources, summarizing accurately, and somewhat used appropriate language of the standard, pictures and or script. / Student information is not accurate and there is little or no citing of sources, summarizing accurately, and did not used appropriate language of the standard, pictures and or script.
Creativity / Student presented information in a manner that grabs the audience attention and is very appealing. / Student presented information in a manner that somewhat grabs the audience attention and is somewhat appealing. / Student presented information in a manner that almost grabs the audience attention and is almost appealing. / Student presented information in a manner that did not grab the audience attention and is not appealing.
Organization/Neatness / Demonstrates exceptional organization and neatness. Product is neatly done and shows extreme effort.
Writer uses vivid phrases. No errors in grammar/spelling. / Demonstrates an organized and neatly done project, shows effort. Writer uses a variety of phrases and word choice. A few (2-4) errors in grammar/spelling. / Demonstrates a somewhat neat and organized project, lacks effort. Writer uses little variety in phrases and word choice. 5 – 7 errors in grammar and spelling, but does not affect content or understanding of facts and evidence. / Does not have a neat and/or organized product. Project is messy and lacks effort. Errors in grammar and spelling affect the content and understanding of facts and evidence.

Total Points ______out of 50

***REQUIRED INFORMATION GUIDELINES:

i)Describe your landmark with information about the history (then and now), significance, climate, location, weather, rainfall. Describe how physical processes affect land form (volcanic activity, gravity, natural disasters, oceans, etc.)

ii)Describe how animal and plant life affect their landmark

iii)Research information to describe weathering and erosion that occurs

iv)Pictures/visuals must illustrate the cause/effect of weathering and erosion. MUST be RELEVANT to information.

***LENGTH RECCOMENDATIONS:

  1. If you are producing a video, you need to provide your script with all the information required. Your video should be at least 3 – 5 minutes long
  2. If you are writing a letter/story, your paper should be at least ONE page in length:
    Times New Roman 12 point font
  3. Your WORKS CITED/BIBLIOGRAPHY page should be separate. The title goes in the center of the page and your resources should be in ALPHABETICAL ORDER

***To set doubled space for paper: Paragraph – Line Spacing – drop down “double”
***To set hanging line for Works Cited: Paragraph – Special – drop down “hanging” (KEEP THE DOUBLE LINE SPACING)