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Features
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Beginning - 1
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Developing - 2
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Accomplished - 3
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Exemplary - 4
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Score
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Title Slide
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Many requirements not completely met.
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Some requirements not completely met.
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Most requirements are met, including title, author(s), date, and class; one or two may be missing.
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All requirements are not only met but exceeded, including title, author(s), date, and class.
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Organization
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No clear or logical organizational structure
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Content is sometimes organized, but the process is unclear
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Overall solid organization of topics; sometimes does not make sense
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Content is well organized and follows a logical story or pattern
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Origins
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Not present
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Inadequate discussion of the origins of the holiday with few or no details
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Adequate discussion of the origins of the holiday with some details
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Full discussion of the origins of the holiday, including details and stories
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Symbols
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Not present
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Up to three elements present but not fully explained
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Three elements present; proof of basic research and explanations present
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At least three symbols and origins clearly researched and explained
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American Traditions
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Not present or less than two elements exist
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Up to three or fewer elements present but not fully explained
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Three elements present; proof of basic research and explanations present
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At least three traditions clearly researched and thoroughly explained
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“Other”
Irish Topics
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Not present or less than two elements exist
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Up to three or fewer elements present but not fully explained
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Three elements present (may be the same or different); proof of basic research and explanations present
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At least three topics (may be the same or different) clearly researched and thoroughly explained
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Quality of Animation, Sounds
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The sounds, and/or animations are unrelated to the content or distract from the content; just flips from one picture to another; no animation used
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Some of the sounds, and/or animations seem unrelated to the topic/theme and do not enhance the overall concepts; animations are not smooth and are very jerky when going from one movement and/or scene to another.
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The sound/and or animation visually depict material and assist the audience in understanding the flow of information or content; fairly smooth animation; some jerkiness in how the animation progresses, but the majority is smooth.
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The sound and/or animation assist in presenting an overall theme and make visual connections that enhance understanding of concept, ideas and relationships; Smooth, flowing animation. The whole project flows effortlessly from one movement and / or scene to another.
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Appearance
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Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc., but distract from the presentation content.
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Some use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc.; these may detract from the presentation content; some not appropriate
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Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation; a few may not be appropriate
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Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation; al appropriate to the presentation.
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Originality
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Does not show any personal creativity on the project--just an animation
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Shows some individuality in project creations, but the project is much like everyone else’s
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Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights; some duplication of others‘ work
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Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative, original, and totally belong to the project creator
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Time Management
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Student was off-task the majority of the time during the project
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Student was off-task much of the time during the project, doing little work in the allotted time
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Student was off-task occasionally during the project, but worked steadily most of the time.
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Student was engaged in the project and was on-task the majority of the time.
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Narration
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Presentation has no audio narration
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Presentation has little or inadequate audio narration
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Presentation has adequate audio narration
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Presentation has extensive audio narration
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Mechanics
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More than six errors in spelling or grammar; extensive proofreading needed.
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Four or five misspellings and/or grammatical errors; further proofreading needed.
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Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors; some proofreading needed.
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No misspellings or grammatical errors; well proofread.
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Quality of Sources
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Information is merely copied from Internet sources; much is not relevant as applied to project—Plagiarized!!!
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Information is copied to a great extent from Internet sources; some may not be relevant as applied to project—Plagiarism issues exist
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Information has been reworded from Internet sources; most is relevant as applied to project—little or no danger of plagiarism issues.
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Information has been effectively reworded from Internet sources and is relevant and appropriate as applied to project—no danger of plagiarism issues. Well done!
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Word Document of Sources and Paraphrased Text
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No Word document
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Little in Word document.
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Word document has source information, but may not include reworded text.
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Word document has complete source information, also includes all reworded text used in PPT.
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Works Cited
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No works cited and/or no MLA format used
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Too few sources, or sources of poor quality
Incorrectly cited
Incorrect MLA format
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At least three quality sources are present; some incorrectly cited
Some errors in MLA format
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More than three quality sources present
Correctly cited
Few or no errors in MLA format
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