The Spring Break Budget Rubric

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Product
Elements

Product Elements
included all required
task (11) were
complete with
documented
evidence as well as
a few additional
elements.

Product Elements
included all required
task (11) were
complete with
documented
evidence as well as
a one additional
element.

Product Elements
included all required
task (11) were
complete with
documented
evidence.

One or more
required Product
elements was
missing.

Content

All content is in the

students own words
and is accurate with
supporting
documentation and
citations.

Almost all content is

in the students own
words and is
accurate with
supporting
documentation and
citations.

At least half of the

content is in the
students own words
and is accurate with
supporting
documentation and
citations.

Less than half of the

content is in the
students own words
and is accurate with
supporting
documentation and
citations.

Use of Time

Used time well

during each class
period (as shown by
observation by
teacher, and
documentation of
progress on product)
with no adult
reminders.

Used time well

during most class
periods (as shown by
observation by
teacher, and
documentation of
progress on product)
with no adult
reminders.

Used time well (as

shown by
observation by
teacher and
documentation of
progress on
product), but
required adult
reminders on one or
more occasions to
do so.

Used time poorly (as

shown by
observation by
teacher and/or
documentation of
progress on product)
in spite of several
adult reminders to do
so.

Spelling &
Grammar

No spelling or
grammatical
mistakes on a
product with lots of
text.

No spelling or
grammatical
mistakes on a
product with little
text.

One spelling or
Several spelling
grammatical error on and/or grammatical
the product.
errors on the
product.

Overall
Presentation

Product is easy to
read and understand
and all elements are
so clearly displayed
that another student
could create the
presentation if
necessary.

Product is easy to
read and understand
and most elements
are clearly displayed.
Another person
might be able to
create the
presentation after
asking one or two
questions.

Product is hard to
read and understand
with rough displays.
It would be hard for
another person to
create this
presentation without
asking lots of
questions.

Product is hard to
read and understand
and one cannot tell
what goes where. It
would be impossible
for another person to
create this
presentation without
asking lots of
questions.

Budget
Worthiness

Budget is realistic
and supported by
documentation and
mathematical proof
of a positive balance.

Budget is mostly
realistic and
supported by
documentation and
mathematical proof
of a positive balance.

Budget is somewhat
realistic and
supported by
documentation and
mathematical proof
of a positive or zero
balance.

Budget is not realistic

and not supported by
documentation.
Mathematical proof
indicates a negative
balance.

CATEGORY

Total Possible Points

Total Possible Extra points for the Best Budget

120
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