iRubric: Who Is Your Favorite Star/Artist rubric

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Who Is Your Favorite Star/Artist Who Is Your Favorite Star/Artist You are to research your favorite artist, star or athlete. Using MLA writing techniques, write an essay with a minimum of 600 words and no more than 700 words. The paper format will include a cover page (no pictures), an introductory paragraph, conclusion and bibliography page. The structure of the paper will include transitional words and at least four additional paragraphs. The paper content must inlcude place of birth, where he/she grew up, family, education (early, high school, college), major life changes (death, drugs, jail, street life, etc.), how he/she entered this lifestyle, first experience (award, recording, song, game, acting job), additional experiences (successes/failures), further growth/opportunities and what they are doing now. Rubric Code: A382W2 By queenie711 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Communication Type: Project Grade Levels: (none)

Who's Your Fav Star/Artist
	Excellent 17 pts	Good 14 pts	Fair 11 pts	Poor 8 pts
MLA Writing	Excellent All components of MLA are inlcuded (cover page, page setup, paragraph setup, bibliography)	Good Three of four MLA components are inlcuded.	Fair Only two components are included	Poor Author used only one MLA component or used another format
Bibliography	Excellent Bibliography page 100% correct (proper format, alphabetical order)	Good Bibliography page is inlcuded but only 50% correct.	Fair Bibliography page is included but formatted incorrectly	Poor Author inlcuded references in another format
Introduction	Excellent Introduction is included and tells the reader why the paper is created and what is included	Good Introduction is included and only tells the reader why the paper is created or what is included	Fair Introduction is included but is unlcear	Poor No introduction is inlcuded or the document begins in some other format
Conclusion	Excellent Conclusion is included and is 100% clear	Good Conclusion is included and is 50% clear	Fair Conclusion is included but is unlcear	Poor No conclusion is included
Content	Excellent All content is included	Good Most of the content is included	Fair Some of the content is included	Poor Author did not include any of the required content
Mechanics	Excellent Author used spell check, transitional words and the thessaurus	Good Author used only two of the following: spell check, transitional words, thessaurus	Fair Author used one of the following: spell check, transitional words or the thessaurus	Poor There were spelling errors, no transitional words and the thessaurus was not used