Personal Mythology Scrapbook Rubric

	Personal Mythology Scrapbook Rubric
	Exemplary	Accomplished	Ordinary	Poor
Theme	The scrapbook has an intelligent, insightful, and well-considered theme that is consistent throughout the product.	The scrapbook has an intelligent, insightful, and well-considered theme that is relatively consistent throughout the product.	The scrapbook has an unoriginal or slightly thoughtless theme. Theme may be inconsistent throughout the product.	The scrapbook has an unoriginal &/or thoughtless theme. Theme is inconsistent throughout the product.
Creativity & quality of Layout & Design	The pages/slides are powerfully organized & aesthetically striking. Writing placement makes reading easy. The backgrounds, graphics, and graphics placement are creative, subtle, truly enhance each page. Pro product.	The pages/slides are well organized & aesthetically pleasing. Writing placement makes reading easy. The backgrounds, graphics, & graphics placement are subtle and appropriate. Holds together well and is easy to navigate.	The pages may appear busy, unorganized, or boring. Writing may be difficult to read. The backgrounds, graphics, & graphics placement are a little distracting. May be of questionable physical quality.	The pages may be unattractive & are likely unorganized. Writing is difficult to read. The backgrounds, graphics, & graphics placement are distracting. Does not hold together well; hard to navigate.
Truly captures your life & the lives of those close to you	The scrapbook is genuine, honest, insightful, & warm as demonstrated through powerfully developed writing and carefully considered visuals. Likely includes other personal work.	The scrapbook is genuine, honest, insightful, & warm as demonstrated through well developed writing and carefully considered visuals. Likely includes other personal work.	The scrapbook is a bit cold & superficial as demonstrated through inconsistently developed writing and some obvious or inappropriate visuals. Includes little or no personal work.	The scrapbook is cold as demonstrated through poorly developed writing and obvious or inappropriate visuals. (or lack thereof) Includes little or no personal work.
Written Content	Content is creatively & flawlessly written with remarkable insight, focus, & depth.	Content is well written & interesting to read with good insight, focus, & depth.	Content could be better written, more insightful, better focused, or better developed.	Content is poorly written, superficial, unfocused, or incomplete.
Contains Required Pieces	_____ Full and Accurate Table of Contents _____ 2 FC Scenes from the Writing from Pictures, with pictures themselves _____ 3 RD or FC descriptive paragraphs from Tapping into Memory with pics, etc... _____ FC of Tapping into Memory Short Story with pics, collages, writings, etc... _____ FC of Character Sketch with interview notes and pictures _____ 4 visitation/observation notes with photos, cut-outs, etc. _____ FC of Moments of Your Life Personal Narrative with pics, notes, etc. _____ FC of Moments of Your Life Descriptive Essay with pics, notes, etc.
Overall Assessment	Exemplary - A You have created a true work of art as well as a wonderful documentary of your life.	Accomplished - B You have created a beautiful documentary of your life, reflecting polished writer skills.	Ordinary - C You have a nice memory scrapbook, showing that you are improving as a writer.	Poor - D You kind of missed the point of this assignment and need much work on your writing skills.