Adapted from: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (2011). Writing rubrics: writing to inform. from Teacher planet.

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Student Name: Information Report Rubric
Date Due:
Assessment name: Information report : Australian Megafauna
Task: Students are to plan, draft, edit and publish a creative and informative information report on an Australian
Megafauna. Students must also display knowledge on how their megafauna has evolved and adapted into a living
animal of today. Students are to use multiple sources to gather their information and display their writing in a
nonbiased way. Students are to use a variety of images to represent specific information (map of location, features
of animal, etc) but must still display the written content to explain the images purpose. Students must structure their
report as information texts are structured. Students must also include all references (name of book or website) that
they retrieved their information from.
Students will be assessed against the following criteria:
1 = Weak 2 = Moderately Weak 3 = Average 4 = Moderately Strong 5 = Strong
1. The student introduces the topic in a clear, lively, creative and interesting fashion.
1 2 3 4 5
2. The student focuses on a main idea and supports it with explanations, facts and photos/images.
1 2 3 4 5
3. The student includes highly detailed and descriptive information.
1 2 3 4 5
4. The student includes information from several sources and documents their references
1 2 3 4 5
5. The student presents information that has been organized in a clear, understandable way.
1 2 3 4 5
6. The student relates information in an objective way rather than expressing a particular viewpoint.
1 2 3 4 5
7. The student takes into account the point of view of the audience being addressed.
1 2 3 4 5
8. The student concludes with an interesting and brief summary of the presented information
(how the animal has evolved and adapted into a an animal living in the present).
1 2 3 4 5
9. The spelling, punctuation, and grammar on the writing assignment are accurate.
1 2 3 4 5
10. The writing assignment is neatly typed or handwritten.
1 2 3 4 5
Adapted from: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (2011). Writing rubrics: writing to inform. from Teacher planet. Web Site:
http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_ss/teacher99/rubrics/RUBRIC42.pdf

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