Name:____________________________ Class:_________________ Date:_____________ Ancient

Careers: Illustrated Journal Rubric

Imagine that you are an adult living a life in which youre working in the career youve researched!
Congratulations! You did it! Consider what life might be like for you.
Guidelines for Creating an Illustrated Journal
About Daily Life
Use the information from your research to create your illustrated journal describing your careers daily
life. Follow these guidelines and rubric:
1. Give your journal an appropriate title. Be original, be creative!
2. Date your entry. This should be some date you hope to be working in this career.
3. Write your journal in order to observe, react, and reflect upon your experiences in your career.
Consider what hours, working conditions, and pay are like.
4. Include vivid and accurate references to at least four of these topics throughout your journal
(UNDERLINE THEM in your journal):
What you do at work
What your pay allows you to purchase
Working conditions (outside, air conditioner, office, garage)
Education required to work in the position
The best part of the job
The hardest/least interesting part of the job
5. Journal entries should use both fact and creative ideas toaccurately describe Egyptianyour careers
daily life.
For example, an entry might begin, Today while standing in the sand, I saw agroup of soldiers ride by in
a military Humvee. I headed back to base and looked for the soldiers.
6. Your journal entry should include an illustration that fits with the entry (photo, graph, etc.) entry.
7. Due Date MondayDecember 15, typed (MLA) or handwritten.

RUBRIC
You will be scored on one of or all of the following domains.
2
There are not
enough ideas to
evaluate.
There is no
paragraphing//ideas
are scattered.

3
Ideas are
present and
varied.
Journal has an
intro and/or
conclusion and
attempts to
paragraph.

STYLE

There are few

connotative (juicy)
words and little
imagery.

There is some
careful word
choice and
imagery.

CONVENTIONS

Journal is difficult to
follow because of
errors.
Student did not
follow directions.

There are many

errors.

There are a few

errors.

A few items are

missing.

One direction
was not
followed.

IDEAS

ORGANIZATION

Following
Directions

4
Ideas are
plentiful.

5/6
Ideas are plentiful and
attention-grabbing.

Paragraph has an
intro, a
conclusion,
paragraphs, and
simple
transitions.
Words are
selected
deliberately for
impact and ideas
are striking.

Paragraph has an
intro, conclusion,
paragraphs, and a
range of complex
transitions and
transitional sentences.
Audience is captivated
by humor or sadness
as the word choice
and details come
together to create a
clear tone.
Journal is error free or
almost error free.
Journal includes title,
date, underlined
details, enough
details, and an
illustration. Journal is
submitted when due.