Biography Report Rubric: Student Name: Category 4 3 2 1
Biography Report Rubric: Student Name: Category 4 3 2 1
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Exceeds Standards Meets Standards Below Standards Well Below Standards
•Writer knows topic • Early Life, Significant •Early Life, Significant •Early Life, Significant
really well Events, Contributions, Events, Contributions, Events, Contributions,
• Early Life, Significant Character Traits, Character Traits, Character Traits,
Events, Contributions, Introduction & Introduction & Introduction & Conclusion
Ideas & Character Traits, Conclusion all included. Conclusion are either are incomplete or
Introduction & •Writer knows the topic.incomplete or unacceptable
Content Conclusion all included. •Most details are insufficient •Writer doesn't know topic
•Many interesting relevant & are •Writer doesn’t know •Details lacking
details interesting enough about the topic •Ideas missing or don't make
•Needs more details sense
•Carefully organized •Has some transitions •Few transitions used •Paragraphs and/or
with varied transitions •Most parts of paper fit •Too many details are transitions missing
•Lead grabs reader's together. out of order •Too many details are out of
attention •Most details & •Bibliography/Works order
Organization •Conclusion works well paragraphs are in right Cited is incomplete
•Details & paragraphs order
•Bibliography/Works Cited
is missing
are in right order •Bibliography/Works
•Bibliography/Works Cited is included
Cited is included
•the construction of • the construction of •the construction of •the object chosen has no
your suitcase is and your suitcase and your suitcase is messy relevance at all.
objects is of very high objects is neat and/ or or not partly suited to
standard and/or is creative your character/person’s
Presentation creative which has life
relevance to the
materials read.