4.+Evaluation

Evaluation  Follow these Rubrics closely to make sure you cover all of the requirements! Printing them out would be a great idea!

Storyboard- multimedia : Fairy Tales

 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Clarity and Neatness || Storyboard is easy to read and all elements are so clearly written, labeled, or drawn that another student could create the presentation if necessary. || Storyboard is easy to read and most elements are clearly written, labeled, or drawn. Another person might be able to create the presentation after asking one or two questions. || Storyboard is hard to read with rough drawings and labels. It would be hard for another person to create this presentation without asking lots of questions. || Storyboard is hard to read and one cannot tell what goes where. It would be impossible for another person to create this presentation without asking lots of questions. ||
 * Use of Time || Used time well during each class period (as shown by observation by teacher, and documentation of progress in journal) with no adult reminders. || Used time well during most class periods (as shown by observation by teacher, and documentation of progress in journal) with no adult reminders. || Used time well (as shown by observation by teacher and documentation of progress in journal), but required adult reminders on one or more occasions to do so. || Used time poorly (as shown by observation by teacher and/or documentation of progress in journal) in spite of several adult reminders to do so. ||
 * Cooperation || Worked cooperatively with partner all the time with no need for adult intervention. || Worked cooperatively with partner most of time but had a few problems that the team resolved themselves. || Worked cooperatively with partner most of the time, but had one problem that required adult intervention. || Worked cooperatively with partners some of the time, but had several problems that required adult intervention. ||
 * Spelling & Grammar || No spelling or grammatical mistakes on a storyboard with lots of text. || No spelling or grammatical mistakes on a storyboard with little text. || One spelling or grammatical error on the storyboard. || Several spelling and/or grammatical errors on the storyboard. ||
 * Content || All content is in the students' own words and is accurate. || Almost all content is in the students' own words and is accurate. || At least half of the content is in the students' own words and is accurate. || Less than half of the content is in the students' own words and/or is accurate. ||
 * Required Elements || Storyboard included all required elements as well as a few additional elements. || Storyboard included all required elements and one additional element. || Storyboard included all required elements. || One or more required elements was missing from the storyboard. ||

Story Writing : Fairy Tales

 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Introduction || First paragraph has a "grabber" or catchy beginning. || First paragraph has a weak "grabber". || A catchy beginning was attempted but was confusing rather than catchy. || No attempt was made to catch the reader's attention in the first paragraph. ||
 * Neatness || The final draft of the story is readable, clean, neat and attractive. It is free of erasures and crossed-out words. It looks like the author took great pride in it. || The final draft of the story is readable, neat and attractive. It may have one or two erasures, but they are not distracting. It looks like the author took some pride in it. || The final draft of the story is readable and some of the pages are attractive. It looks like parts of it might have been done in a hurry. || The final draft is not neat or attractive. It looks like the student just wanted to get it done and didn't care what it looked like. ||
 * Focus on Assigned Topic || The entire story is related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to understand much more about the topic. || Most of the story is related to the assigned topic. The story wanders off at one point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic. || Some of the story is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic. || No attempt has been made to relate the story to the assigned topic. ||
 * Organization || The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions. || The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used. || The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear. || Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged. ||
 * Spelling and Punctuation || There are no spelling or punctuation errors in the final draft. Character and place names that the author invented are spelled consistently throughout. || There is one spelling or punctuation error in the final draft. || There are 2-3 spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft. || The final draft has more than 3 spelling and punctuation errors. ||
 * Solution/Resolution || The solution to the character's problem is easy to understand, and is logical. There are no loose ends. || The solution to the character's problem is easy to understand, and is somewhat logical. || The solution to the character's problem is a little hard to understand. || No solution is attempted or it is impossible to understand. ||
 * Creativity || The story contains many creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has really used his imagination. || The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has used his imagination. || The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions, but they distract from the story. The author has tried to use his imagination. || There is little evidence of creativity in the story. The author does not seem to have used much imagination. ||
 * Setting || Many vivid, descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took place. || Some vivid, descriptive words are used to tell the audience when and where the story took place. || The reader can figure out when and where the story took place, but the author didn't supply much detail. || The reader has trouble figuring out when and where the story took place. ||
 * Problem/Conflict || It is very easy for the reader to understand the problem the main characters face and why it is a problem. || It is fairly easy for the reader to understand the problem the main characters face and why it is a problem. || It is fairly easy for the reader to understand the problem the main characters face but it is not clear why it is a problem. || It is not clear what problem the main characters face. ||
 * Requirements || All of the written requirements (# of pages, # of graphics, type of graphics, etc.) were met. || Almost all (about 90%) the written requirements were met. || Most (about 75%) of the written requirements were met, but several were not. || Many requirements were not met. ||
 * Illustrations || Original illustrations are detailed, attractive, creative and relate to the text on the page. || Original illustrations are somewhat detailed, attractive, and relate to the text on the page. || Original illustrations relate to the text on the page. || Illustrations are not present OR they are not original. ||
 * Characters || The main characters are named and clearly described in text as well as pictures. Most readers could describe the characters accurately. || The main characters are named and described. Most readers would have some idea of what the characters looked like. || The main characters are named. The reader knows very little about the characters. || It is hard to tell who the main characters are. ||

