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Biography Project 
Students will research a famous physician and write a biography on their life and contribution(s) to medicine.
Rubric Code: UXBBX3
By rociomazzotta
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Subject: Humanities  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: K-5

Powered by iRubric BIOGRAPHY: Physician
  Poor

Student has trouble meeting requirements of criteria.

1 pts

Fair

Student has met most of the criteria's requirements.

2 pts

Good

Student has met all of the criteria's requirements.

3 pts

FORMAT

Biography must contain all elements of a written biography paper (e.g. Title Page, Bibliography, etc)
Poor

Biography is less then four paragraphs and/or is missing several key elements (e.g. bibliography, title page, etc.).
Fair

Biography contains most of the key elements and is at least three paragraphs in length.
Good

Biography contains all necessary elements including title page, image of physician, and a bibliography. Biography is also a minimum of four paragraphs in length.
RESEARCH

Students will conduct research on physician using a minimum of three resources of varying types (e.g. books, encyclopedias, internet, etc...).
Poor

Student does minimal research, using only one or two source materials.
Fair

Student uses a minimum of three sources of material for research, but does not vary source material.
Good

Student uses a minimum of three sources of material for research from varying source materials, which must include the use of the internet as well as publications.
SPELLING & GRAMMAR

Project must make proper use of spelling and grammar.
Poor

Student has many errors in spelling and/or grammar that impact the readers understanding of the writing.
Fair

Students makes various errors in grammar and/or spelling, but the reader has a clear understanding of the author's intent.
Good

Student has few or no errors in spelling and/or grammar.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Students will properly cite research material using a bibliography.
Poor

Student does not use a bibliography and/or does not properly cite source material.
Fair

Student uses a bibliography but has made some mistakes in properly formatting citation of source material.
Good

Student properly cites a minimum of three sources of material in their bibliography.
SEQUENCING

Students will put events in a chronological time order.
Poor

Biography does not follow a chronological time order and is confusing to reader the timeline of events.
Fair

Biography generally follows a chronological time line, but may have one or two events out of order.
Good

Biography follows a chronological time line.
INFORMATION

Biography must include physician's: where/when and date of birth, family info, education, jobs and medical discovery.
Poor

Student includes sparse information about the physician's life and importance of medical discovery.
Fair

Student has some missing information on physician's life and/or does not explain relevance of their medical discovery.
Good

Student includes ALL required information on physician's life and describes the importance of their medical discovery.



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  • Biography, Medicine, Physician.

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