Biography Report Rubric Student Name: CATEGORY Ideas & Content Organization Voice Word Choice Sentence Fluency Conventions ________________________________________ 4 3 2 1 Exceeds Standards Meets Standards Below Standards Well Below Standards •Writer knows topic • Early Life, Significant •Early Life, Significant really well Events, Contributions, Events, Contributions, • Early Life, Significant Character Traits, Character Traits, Events, Contributions, Introduction & Introduction & Character Traits, Conclusion all Conclusion are either Introduction & included. incomplete or Conclusion all •Writer knows the insufficient included. topic. •Writer doesn’t know •Many interesting •Most details are enough about the topic details relevant & are •Needs more details interesting •Carefully organized •Has some transitions •Few transitions used with varied transitions •Most parts of paper fit •Too many details are •Lead grabs reader's together. out of order attention •Most details & •Bibliography/Works •Conclusion works well paragraphs are in right Cited is incomplete •Details & paragraphs order are in right order •Bibliography/Works •Bibliography/Works Cited is included Cited is included •Writer's personality • Most of the time the •Sometimes the writer's comes through in a writer's voice & voice comes through creative way personality show up in •Writing does not draw •Writer's voice is lively the writing. read aloud •Editing needed •Major editing needed