5 TH GRADE RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT AUTHOR STUDY RUBRIC

This is the rubric that will be used to grade your project. Please review it carefully!
Student Name: ______________________
Category

4 - Target

Report Content

Research

Citations

3 - Acceptable

2 -Below Standards

1 -Unacceptable

-Reflects strong
understanding of
the author.
- All required
information is
present.
-Contains many
relevant/
interesting details.

- Writing demonstrates
understanding of the
author.

- Writing demonstrates
only a basic
understanding of the
author.

-Writing does not

demonstrate
understanding of the
author.

-Very little of the

required information is
present.

-No required
information is present.

Information
obtained from all
required sources is
evident.
Sources are
credible and
current.

-Information obtained
from 2 required
sources is evident.

- Information obtained
from only 1 required
source.

-Information is not
obtained from any of
the required sources.

-Sources are older but

credible.

-Sources are old and

credibility is uncertain.

-Sources used are

significantly out of date
or clearly not credible.

Reference page is
present and
correct.
In-text citations are
present where
needed.
Quotation marks
used for direct
quotes.
All sources are
cited.

-Reference page is
present with 1-2 errors
only.

- Reference page is
present, but contains
multiple errors.

- No reference page is
present.

-In-text citations are

present with no more
than 1 error.

- In-text citations are

present but contain
multiple errors.

-Quotation marks are

used for most quotes.

-Quotation marks not

used for direct quotes.

-Most sources are

cited.

- Sources are
incorrectly cited.

-Most of the required

information is present.
-Contains some
interesting details.

-Contains only a few

details.

-Contains almost no
details.

-No in-text citations are

used.
-No quotation marks
are used.
-Sources are not cited.
-Evidence of potential
plagiarism.

Organization

Presentation

Spelling/Grammar

Total Points: ____/28

Report is 3-4
paragraphs in
length.
Includes
introduction, body,
and conclusion.
Includes strong
word choice and
transitions.

Uses one of the

digital tools
designated for the
project.
Includes 1 or more
images with proper
citations.
Summarizes
relevant
information about
the author.
Engaging and neat.

Contains NO
spelling errors.
Contains NO errors
in capitalization.
Contains NO errors
in punctuation.
Contains NO
grammatical
errors.

Report is 3
paragraphs in
length.
Includes
introduction, body,
and conclusion.
Includes some
word choice and
transitions.

-Report is 2
paragraphs in length
and does not include
an introduction or
conclusion.

Uses one of the

digital tools
designated for the
project.
Includes at least 1
image with
citation.
Summarizes most
of the relevant
information about
the author.
Neat and
complete.

-Presentation does not

use one of the tools
designated for the
project.

Contains only 1
spelling error.
Contains only 1
capitalization error.
Contains only 1
punctuation error.
-Contains only 1
grammatical error.

-Contains 2 or spelling
errors.

- Contains multiple
spelling errors.

-Contains 2
capitalization errors.

-Contains multiple
capitalization errors.

-Contains 2
punctuation errors.

-Contains multiple
punctuation errors.

-Contains 2
grammatical errors.

-Contains multiple
grammatical errors.

-Word choice and

transitions are weak.

-Does not include an

image or the image
included does not
have a citation.
-Presentation simply
repeats information
from the report.

- Report is 1 paragraph
in length and does not
contain an introduction
or conclusion.
-Poor word choice or
transitions are evident.
- Presentation is not
complete.
-Does not include an
image or there is no
citation for an image
that is present.
-Presentation provides
no information on the
author.
-Sloppy and full of
errors.

-Not engaging or
neatly done.

Grading Scale:
26-28 points = A

23-25 points = B

22-20 points = C

17-19 points = D

18 points or less = E

Rubric Adapted From: McKenny, R. (2009). Author study rubric. East Lyme Public Schools. Retrieved June 26, 2016, from
http://www.eastlymeschools.org/page.cfm?p=3024