Rubric for Articles

     Beginning
          1		    Developing
           2		  Accomplished
          3		     Exemplary
           4		      Score
Focused          Topic        The project's information rambles and does not connect to current times.         The project briefly mentions the aspect of how it influences today but gives few details The project describes the aspects of how the person has influence today and gives several examples         The project clearly describes the aspect of how our Italian heritage has influenced our lifestyle, gives several examples, and makes definite connections  
      Gives information that is unique and pertinent to the topic Never mentions any unique and pertinent information Gives  little unique and pertinent information Gives some unique and pertinent information Gives much interesting, unique, and pertinent information  
 Well organized  Lacks topic sentences and has no logical sequence Article has only one topic sentence and its sequence is confusing Article includes some topic sentences and is somewhat sequential Begins with clearly stated topic sentence and the sections follow a logical sequence  
Clear and Understandable
Makes connections between Italian achievers and current times		 Very difficult to follow.   Makes no connections. Mostly difficult to follow and understand.   Only makes one connection  Easy to understand.   Makes a few connections. Research flows  and it is easy to  follow the information.   Makes many connections.  
Correct grammar and spelling Very frequent grammar and/or spelling errors A few grammar and/or spelling errors Only one or two errors in spelling/grammar All grammar and spelling are correct  
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