Egyptian Fairy Tale Rubric

CATEGORY	EXCELLENT	GOOD	SATISFACTORY	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Lab Time and Internet Usage	Used lab time wisely and stayed on task. Did not go to any unauthorized web sites.	Mostly used time wisely and did not go to any unauthorized web sites.	Used some of the time wisely but did not go to any unauthorized web sites.	Did not use time wisely or went to unauthorized web sites.
Peer Review Attitude	Is not publicly critical of the project and offers meaningful suggestions for improvement.	Is not often publicly critical of the project and offers meaningful suggestions.	Is often times publicly cricitcal or does not make meaningful suggestions for improvement. Usually had a positive attitude.	Is mostly publicly critical, does not make meaningful suggestions for improvement or does not cooperate with others. Does not have a positive attitude.
Introduction	First paragraph gets and holds the reader’s attention.	First paragraph gets the reader’s attention but doesn’t hold it.	The beginning is more confusing than grabbing and doesn’t hold the reader’s attention.	No attempt was made to get or hold the reader’s attention or the introduction was missing.
Organization	The story is very well organized. The transitions are smooth.	Most of the story is well organized and most transitions are smooth.	Most of the story is well organized but the transitions are not smooth.	The story is poorly organized and the transitions are not smooth.
Paragraph Construction	All paragraphs include an introductory sentence, explanations or details.	Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details.	Paragraphs were not constructed as well as they could have been. Paragraphs do contain related information.	Paragraph structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related to each other.
Spelling and Punctuation	There are no spelling or punctuation errors in the final copy.	There is one spelling error or punctuation error in the final copy.	There are 2 – 3 spelling and punctuation errors on the final copy.	There are 4 or more spelling and punctuation errors on the final copy.
Accuracy of Facts	*All the topic facts about ancient Egypt are in the story and all are accurate.**	One of the topic facts about ancient Egypt is missing from the story but all others are present and accurate.	There are 2 topic facts missing from the story or 2 or more inaccuracies.	There are more than three factual errors in the story and/or topic facts missing.

* Topic facts are the required information about of the geography of the area, government, religion, and people of ancient

Egypt.

Please note that this rubric also defines how well you worked with your peer reviewer and how well you used your time in the computer lab.

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