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. |
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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. |