Cell Analogy Rubric
Criteria Below Standard Approaching Standard Meeting Standard Exceeding Standard Points
1 2 3 4
Completion Major Components are Some information is missing: All information is complete Meeting Standard Plus:
of Poster missing Analogy is a factory or Poster shows an analogy to a Exceptional X2
No analogy is drawn or doesn’t make sense cell (other than a factory) creativity with
most organelle Less than 10 Includes 10 parts that are analogy
analogies are missing organelle analogies are analogies to organelles Includes more than
included 10 parts
Neatness Poster is poorly Basic organization needs Poster is well organized Very professional in
and organized. work. Pictures, description, and labels appearance X1
Accuracy Visuals are not used or Layout needs clarity. are organized High quality visuals,
poor quality. Little attention to Poster layout is logical, clear framing cell parts
Project is sloppy. details. and professional Model is 3-D instead
Writing is illegible. Visuals enhance poster of a poster
Writing is neat and legible
Chart Major components of Some information is All information is complete: Meeting Standard Plus:
Completion chart are missing: missing: Chart includes Very neatly drawn X1
Most organelle Less than 10 1) Cell organelle chart
analogies are missing organelle analogies are 2) Part on your Poster Explanations are
Explanations are included 3) 2-3 sentences longer than 2-3
missing Explanation is somewhat explaining analogy sentences
short The information is More than 10
complete for at least explanations
10 organelles included
Accuracy Major errors and Some information is All information is accurate: Meeting Standard Plus:
of Chart omissions in analysis: missing: Connection between Exceptional depth X3
Many explanations are Not all explanations make organelle and part on the and detail in
missing or major errors sense or some are poster makes sense explanation
Most of the missing Explanation for at least
connections between Some of the connections 10 organelles are clear
organelles and parts do between the organelles and accurate
not make sense or are and parts are not clear
missing or accurate
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