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Rubric: Biography on Famous Person of Astronomy Rubric: Famous person, etc. 5th graders reporting on a famous person of Astronomy: scientist, astronomer, astronaut Rubric Code: D68X7A By snicholas Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Famous person
	Outstanding 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Content	Outstanding Includes complete biography of person, their lives and their achievements	Good Includes adequate information about the person	Fair Includes some details about the person	Poor Includes very few details about the person
Content/Word Choice	Outstanding Answers all key questions to the best of their ability through research. Excellent choice of word vocabulary	Good Answers most key questions to the best of their ability through research. Great choice of word vocabulary	Fair Answers some key questions to the best of their ability through research. Good choice of word vocabulary	Poor Didn't answer enough key questions. Word choice or use of vocabulary needs improvement
Organization	Outstanding Has well-written introduction and conclusion paragraphs; Details are placed in logical order and are presented effectively to keep the interest of the reader	Good Has adequate introduction and conclusion paragraphs; Details are placed in logical order but the way they are presented sometimes makes the writing less interesting.	Fair Has introduction and conclusion paragraphs; Some details are not in logical order and this distracts the reader	Poor Missing one of the 2 paragraphs (introduction or conclusion); Many details are not in logical or in expected order. Writing is not organized
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation	Outstanding Always follows the conventions of grammar, punctuation, and spelling/capitalization	Good Usually follows the conventions of grammar, punctuation, and spelling/capitalization	Fair Sometimes follows the conventions of grammar, punctuation, and spelling/capitalization	Poor Does not follow the conventions of grammar, punctuation, and spelling/capitalization
Layout	Outstanding Contains a complete title page, 2-3 adequate paragraphs with good information, and a bibliography page	Good Contains a complete title page, 2-3 paragraphs with good information, and a bibliography page	Fair Contains a complete title page, 2 paragraphs with little information, and a bibliography page;	Poor One or more pages are missing; or bibliography page has wrong format.
Requirements	Outstanding Completed on time with all handouts turned in.	Good Completed on time with some handouts missing.	Fair Completed 1 day late with all handouts turned in.	Poor Not completed on time; missing handouts.