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Research Report : Multigenre Research Project Teacher Name: Miss BigJohny Student Name: ________________________________________ Topic: ____________________________________________ CATEGORY 4- Excellent 3- Good 2-Decent 1- Unsatisfactory Amount of Information Project has the required 1500 words or more. Project has words. Project has words. Project has less than 1000 words. Quality of Information Information clearly relates to the main topic. Each genre represents new information. Information clearly relates to the main topic. Information is restated in 1-2 genres. Information relates to the main topic in most pieces. Information is repeated in 3-4 genres. Information often strays from main topic. Information is continually repeated. Organization and Flow Information is very well organized. All pieces are easy to follow and flow well. Information is organized. 1-2 pieces seem out of place. The flow is there but not consistent throughout. Information becomes hard to follow. Several pieces seem out of place. The idea of flow is present but not persistent. Information is not organized. Most of the pieces do not fit together. Citations Annotated Bibliography and Works Cited page contain 0-1 errors. Annotated Bibliography and Works Cited page contain 2-3 errors. Annotated Bibliography and Works Cited page contain 4-5 errors. Annotated Bibliography and Works Cited page contain 6 or more errors. Mechanics No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
Presentation Lasted at least 2 minutes. Displayed all pieces of the project and presented them in clear and organized way. Was slightly shorter than 2 minutes. Displayed all pieces of the project but did not clearly explain project. Was much shorter than 2 minutes. Forgot to display pieces of information. Presented topic unclearly. Was less than 1 minute. Presentation was hard to understand and topic was not clear. Genres Has 7 or more genres in project. Has less than 7 genres in project. Creativity/ Packaging Explores 7 different genres. Project is visually appealing and draws the audience into it. 1-2 genres are very similar. Project is appealing but could be put together more neatly. Several genres seem to follow similar lines. Packaging is simple. Genres tend to overlap. Project has little creative packaging. Materials: annotated bibliography, outline, self-edit, peer edit, works cited page. All materials handed in with project. Missing one piece. Missing two pieces. Missing three or more pieces. Total Points: ___________ Extra Credit: ___________ Grade: ___________ Unit Plan__________________________________ Name______________________________________ WORD Familiar? Example Definition MANCHESTER COLLEGE Department of Education
Research Report : Multigenre Research Project Teacher Name: Miss BigJohny Student Name: ________________________________________ ____________________________________________ CATEGORY 5- Excellent 3- Good 2-Decent 1- Unsatisfactory Amount of Information 12.5.9 12.5.10 Project has the required 1500 words or more. Project has words. Project has words. Project has less than 1000 words. Quality of Information 12.4.4 12.5.9 12.5.10 Information clearly relates to the main topic. Each genre represents new information. Information clearly relates to the main topic. Information is restated in 1-2 genres. Information relates to the main topic in most pieces. Information is repeated in 3-4 genres. Information strays from main topic. Information is continually repeated. Organization and Flow 12.5.9 Information is very well organized. All pieces are easy to follow and flow well. Information is organized. 1-2 pieces seem out of place. The flow is there but not consistent throughout. Information becomes hard to follow. Several pieces seem out of place. The idea of flow is present but not persistent. Information is not organized. Most of the pieces do not fit together. Audience 12.4.2 12.4.12 12.5.9 Clear audience is present. Information is properly formatted to fit audience. Clear audience is present. Information drifts too informally in a spot or two. Audience was in mind but not consistent. Information becomes too informal at times. Lack of sense of who audience is. Citations 12.4.7 12.4.8 12.4.13 Annotated Bibliography and Works Cited page contain 0-1 errors. Annotated Bibliography and Works Cited page contain 2-3 errors. Annotated Bibliography and Works Cited page contain 4-5 errors. Annotated Bibliography and Cited page contain 6 or more errors.
Mechanics 12.4.10 12.4.11 12.4.12 12.6.1 No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors A few grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Presentation 12.5.10 12.7.16 Lasted at least 2 minutes. Displayed all pieces of the project and presented them in clear and organized way. Was slightly shorter than 2 minutes. Displayed all pieces of the project but did not clearly explain project. Was much shorter than 2 minutes. Forgot to display pieces of information. Presented topic unclearly. Was less than 1 minute. Presentation was hard to understand and topic was not clear. Genres 12.5.9 Has 7 or more genres in project. Has less than 7 genres in project. Creativity/ Packaging Explores 7 different genres. Project is visually appealing and draws the audience into it. 1-2 genres are very similar. Project is appealing but could be put together more neatly. Several genres seem to follow similar lines. Packaging is simple. Genres tend to overlap. Project has little creative packaging. Materials: annotated bibliography, outline, self-edit, peer edit, works cited page. 12.4.9 All materials handed in with project. Missing one piece. Missing two pieces. Missing three or more pieces. Points for Project: _________ / 50 X 2 ________ / 100 Extra Credit: ___________ Grade: ___________