Newspaper

Article:

Newspaper Formatting (Title, picture, date,
author name)
Content
4 The article resembles a newspaper article and has all
required elements.
3-5 well written paragraphs with no
grammatical errors.
3 The article resembles a newspaper article but is
missing one required element.
3-5 well written paragraphs with 1-5
grammatical errors.
2 The article resembles a newspaper article but is
missing more than one required element.
3-5 paragraphs with 5-10
grammatical errors.
1 The article does not resemble a newspaper article. Less than 3 paragraphs.

Facebook
Page:
Facebook Formatting
(character name, friends list,
photos/albums, likes/interests,
believable diction)
Character Posts Friend Posts
4 Resembles a Facebook wall and
has all of the required
elements.
3-5 well-written posts that
have diction that is
believable to your character
and no grammatical errors.
2-3 well-written posts that
have diction that is believable
to the character posting and
no grammatical errors.
3 Resembles a Facebook wall but
is missing one element.
3-5 well-written posts that
have diction that is not
believable to your character
and 1-5 grammatical errors.
2-3 well-written posts that
have diction that is not
believable to the character
posting and 1-5 grammatical
errors.
2 Resembles a Facebook wall but
is missing more than one
element.
3-5 posts that have diction
that is not believable to your
character and 5-10
grammatical errors.
2-3 well-written posts that
have diction that is not
believable to the character
posting and 5-10 grammatical
errors.
1 Does not resemble a Facebook
wall.
Less than 3 character posts. Less than 2 character posts.

Song Lyrics Content
4 3 original stanzas, a chorus, and refrain. 3 literary devices labeled. No grammatical errors.
3 Missing one element or one element is incorrect.
2 Missing 1-4 elements or more than one element is incorrect.
1 Missing 5+ elements or more than four elements are incorrect.



Diary
Entries

Diary Formatting (Date, signed by
character, believable diction)
Content
4 Date, signed by character, believable
diction
2-3 paragraphs of well thought out ideas. 3 entries
with no grammatical errors.

3 Missing one element. 2-3 paragraphs of well thought out ideas. 3 entries
with 1-5 grammatical errors.

2 Missing 1-2 elements. 2-3 paragraphs of well thought out ideas. 3 entries
with 5-10 grammatical errors.

1 The diction is not believable as your
character.
Less than 3 entries.

Poem Content
4 15-20 well thought out lines. 3 literary devices labeled. No grammatical errors.
3 Missing one element or one element is incorrect. 1-5 grammatical errors.
2 Missing 1-4 elements or more than one element is incorrect. 6-10 grammatical errors.
1 Missing 5+ elements or more than four elements are incorrect.

Letter

Diary Formatting (Who it is addressed
to, who it is from, date)
Content
4 Addressed, from date, believable diction 3-5 paragraphs of well thought out ideas. No
grammatical errors.

3 Missing one element. 3-5 paragraphs of well thought out ideas. with 1-5
grammatical errors.

2 Missing 1-2 elements. 3-5 paragraphs of well thought out ideas. 3
entries with 5-10 grammatical errors.

1 The diction is not believable as your character. Less than 3 paragraphs.






Twitter Twitter Formatting (Twitter format, picture of Posts
Feed: character, bio, believable diction)
4 Resembles a Twitter feed and has all of the
required elements.
15-20 tweets/subtweets/tags with no
grammatical errors.
3 Resembles a Twitter feed but is missing one
element.
15-20 tweets/subtweets/tags with 1-5
grammatical errors.
2 Resembles Twitter feed but is missing more than
one element.
15-20 tweets/subtweets/tags with 6-10
grammatical errors.
1 Does not resemble a Twitter feed. Less than 15 posts.

Research
Paper:

MLA Formatting Content Sources
4 The paper is presented in
the correct MLA
Formatting.
3-5 well written pages with no
grammatical errors. Each
paragraph has MEAT.
In text citations and Works
Cited citations are correct
and reliable.
3 1-3 elements of MLA are
incorrect.
3-5 well written pages with 1-5
grammatical errors. Each
paragraph has MEAT.
1-5 errors with citations.
2 5-7 elements of MLA are
incorrect.
3-5 pages with 5-10 grammatical
errors. Not enough MEAT.
6-10 errors with citations.
1 The paper is not in MLA
formatting whatsoever.
Less than 3 pages. Not Cited or sources are not
reliable.