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Book Jacket Book Jacket Student will design a book jacket based on a favorite novel they have read previously. Rubric Code: Z78C6W By precolumbia Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Reading Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Excellent 5 pts	Very Good 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Acceptable, but needs add'l work 2 pts	Needs improvement or unacceptable 1 pts	Points earned (N/A)
Front Cover	Excellent Includes all the following info: Title, author, illustration symbolic of book theme,and illustrator (if applicable), student name and class period in bottom right corner	Very Good Includes most required elements, but overlooked one.	Good Required elements missing.	Acceptable, but needs add'l work Sloppy, only the title and author appear. Two or more requirements missing	Needs improvement or unacceptable Illustration and three or more requirements missing. Appears rushed and the is lack of pride in product complet	Points earned
Back Cover	Excellent Includes a clear, concise, and sequential summary.	Very Good Includes a understandable summary but is not in a logical sequential format.	Good Summary is understandable but does not engage the reader to choose the book.	Acceptable, but needs add'l work Summary is minimal or confusing, and hard to follow. it is not sequential and fails to engage the reader.	Needs improvement or unacceptable Summary is minimal and confusing. No effort is evident	Points earned
Inside Right Flap	Excellent Includes a clear and original personal review with at least three opinions or connections about the book.	Very Good Includes a clear and original personal review with at least two opinions or connections about the book.	Good Includes a clear and original personal review with at least one opinion or connection about the book.	Acceptable, but needs add'l work Includes an original personal review. Opinions and connections are unclear. Needs to be developed mor thoroghly.	Needs improvement or unacceptable Work is missing altogether.	Points earned
Inside Left Flap	Excellent Biography of author is brief and well written. Student chose to add something extra - perhaps an illustration, or a pic of author or th an illustration, or both.	Very Good Biographphy is present. Student shared something extra - a picture or quote from author but does not use quotations or do not engage the potential reader.	Good Poor presentation of biography of the author. Attempted to add something extra but work incomplete or unclear.	Acceptable, but needs add'l work Very little info about the author or his works. Much is lacking.	Needs improvement or unacceptable No attempt; work omitted.	Points earned
Illustrations	Excellent Colorful, neatly presented, representative of the book. Observed lessons on balance, formatting, use of white space and color. Great design and layout. NO PENCIL is used !	Very Good Colorfully presented; representative of the book. Some of the lessons of design are evident and color is utilized well. NO PENCIL is used!!	Good Representative of the book, but design in poor, use color, type and balance is poor.	Acceptable, but needs add'l work Attempt was made to connect the picture to the book, but it is lacking in unity.	Needs improvement or unacceptable Illustration[s] omitted or not representative of the book. No real attempt to enhance the book cover.	Points earned
Neatness/Color	Excellent No distracting corrections, or erasures. Colorful and appealing to a potential reader. Design, vivid color choices and formatting is outstanding. Planning and care obviously went into this product.	Very Good A minor distraction or correction or erasure. Written portion easily read. Colorful and appealing to the eye. Plannining is eveident.	Good Two obvious errors or distracting corrections or erasures. Written portion read. Colorful.	Acceptable, but needs add'l work Three distracting corrections or erasures. Readable. Attempt made to use color.	Needs improvement or unacceptable Book jacket is unappealing and far from neat. It's difficuk and difficult to read, or has several noticeable distracting corrections or erasures or totally lacks color.	Points earned
Spine	Excellent Title, author and publisher are neatly displayed.	Very Good Either the title, author or publisher have been omitted or were not neatly displayed.	Good More than one key element is missing. Work is not neatly done. Pride in work is not evident.	Acceptable, but needs add'l work Spelling errors and other kinds of errors distract from overall design.	Needs improvement or unacceptable Hastily done, not appealing to the eye.	Points earned
Conventions	Excellent The project is free of spelling, punctuation or grammar errors.	Very Good There are only two errors in either spelling, punctuation, or grammar.	Good There are 3 - 4 errors in spelling, punctuation, or grammar.	Acceptable, but needs add'l work There are 5-8 errors in either spelling, punctuation, or grammar.	Needs improvement or unacceptable There are 9 or more errors in either spelling, punctuation, or grammar.	Points earned

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