Obituary Rubric

							                                     Cartoon Character Obituary


 Teacher Name: Kristy Grant


 Student Name:      ________________________________________

    CATEGORY          4                        3                        2
Graphics -Clarity     Graphics are all in      Most graphics are in     Most graphics are in
                      focus and the content    focus and the content    focus and the content
                      easily viewed .          easily viewed.           is easily viewed.



Required Elements     The obituary includes All required elements       All but 1 of the
                      all required elements are included on the         required elements are
                      as well as additional obituary.                   included on the
                      information.                                      obituary.


Attractiveness        The obituary is          The obituary is          The obituary is
                      exceptionally            attractive in terms of   acceptably attractive
                      attractive in terms of   design, layout and       though it may be a bit
                      design, layout, and      neatness.                messy.
                      neatness.

Grammar               There are no         There is 1                   There are 2
                      grammatical mistakes grammatical mistake          grammatical mistakes
                      on the obituary      on the obituary.             on the obituary.



Mechanics             Capitalization and     There is 1 error in        There are 2 errors in
                      punctuation are        capitalization or          capitalization or
                      correct throughout the punctuation.               punctuation.
                      obituary.
1
Many graphics are not
clear or are too small.




Several required
elements were
missing.



The obituary is
distractingly messy or
very poorly designed.
It is not attractive.


There are more than
2 grammatical
mistakes on the
obituary.


There are more than
2 errors in
capitalization or
punctuation.