Project Due

Date:_______________________

Nonfiction Genre Projects

Nonfiction is the writing of actual happenings, true events, and real people.
Dr. Joyce Armstrong Carroll, Acts of
Teaching

Essays, journals, diaries, memoirs , scientific papers, biographies, autobiographies,

cookbooks, textbooks, travel books, informational texts, and some journalism are all
common examples of non-fiction works.
1. Choose a nonfiction text. If youre unsure of whether your choice qualifies as
nonfiction, ask
Mrs. Vick.
2. Choose one of the projects below. Please note the type of nonfiction associated
with each project before you make your final selection. Each project is worth a
total 50 points. Your Friday reading points will determine the other 50 points. The
total points (a possible 100) will count as a test grade.
3. You MUST turn your rubric in with your project, or points will be deducted
from the final grade.

Diary/Journal

Informational Text/ Travel Book

On poster board, creatively show 5
examples of what you learned
about your topic. Include
explanations, pictures,
charts/graphs, content-related
vocabulary and definitions. Include
cited quotations for each example.

On poster board, creatively depict a

timeline of 10 important events
from the diary/journal. Include an
explanation of whose diary/journal
it is, the diary/journals significance,
pictures or illustrations, and cited
quotations for each date or event.

How-To Text/Cookbook
Create a mobile that shows you
trying 5 of the how-to tips or
recipes in your text. For each
example, paraphrase the directions,
cite your information, and include
pictures of whatever you
attempted. Show pictures of your
results. Include captions under the

More options!
Journalism Articles
Use the SOAPS acronym to analyze
5 journalism articles relating to one
topic/event. Have a printed copy of
each article. Neatly type your
analyses and use cited quotations
in your analyses.
S Subject. What is being
discussed?
O - Occasion. What is the context of
events?
A Author and Audience. What/who
is the source? How do you know
he/she/it is credible? To whom is
the message directed?
P- Purpose. Why did the author
write this article?
S Summary. Summarize the

Biography, Autobiography,
Memoir
*You will need a free account at
www.Prezi.com for this project.
Create a Prezi that answers
questions A-E listed below. The
first stop on the Prezi must
include your name and your
class period. On the other
stops, include pictures and/or
video clips and use cited quotations
from your text. Be creative! You
will email your Prezi to
julie.vick@birdvilleschools.net.
A) Why is this person famous?
B) Discuss 3 personality traits
that helped this person
achieve his or her goal.
C) What are 2 problems this
person had to overcome?
D) What about this person do
you feel enabled him/her to
achieve his/her hopes and
dreams?
E) How are you and this person
alike and different? Give

How to Cite Information:

*Citing Part of a Work: In parentheses, give the authors last name, leave a space,
then give the page number. Do not use the work page, pages or use p or pgs.
EXAMPLE: (Mortimer 156)
*If your source uses explicit paragraph numbers rather than page numbers,
like some electronic publications do:
In parentheses, give the authors name, a comma, then par. or pars. EXAMPLE: (Chan,
par. 41)

*When a source has no page numbers or any kind of reference numberswhether a print source; a non-print source such as a film, television broadcast, a
performance, or a Web publication, it is often preferable to include in the text, rather
than in a parenthetical reference, the name of the person (author, editor, director,
performer).
*Feal, Rosemary G., and David G. Nicholls. "6.4 Sample References." MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers. Seventh ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2013. 219-21. Print.

Name_______________________ Score_____
Informational Text/Travel Book Project Rubric
Requirement
Earned

Points

5 examples of what you learned about your topic (25 pts)

_____
Quality of explanations, pictures and/or charts and graphs (5 pts)
_____

Content-related vocabulary and definitions

_____

(5 pts)

Correctly cited quote used on each example (10 pts each)

=
_____
Overall effort/presentation (5 pts)
_____

x2

Notes:

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Name_______________________ Score_____
Diary/Journal Project Rubric
Requirement
Earned

Points

10 entries on timeline (20 pts total; 2 points each)

_____
Explanation of owner and diary/journals significance (10 pts)
=
_____
Quality of pictures/illustrations (10 pts)
_____

Correctly cited quote used on each example (5 pts each)

_____

x2

x2 =

Overall effort/presentation (5 pts)

_____

2
2

3
3

4
4

5
5

NOTES:

Name_______________________ Score_____
How-To/Cookbook Project Rubric
Requirement
Earned

Points

5 examples on mobile (25 pts total; 5 pts each)

_____

Paraphrased directions for each example (10 pts)

_____
Quality of pictures and captions (10 pts)
_____

1
2

2
4

Correctly cited information on each example (5 pts each)

_____
Overall effort/presentation (5 pts)
_____

3
5

1
1

x2 =

x2 =
2

3
3

4
4

5
5

NOTES:

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Name_______________________ Score_____
Journalism Articles Project Rubric
Requirement
Earned

Points

5 xeroxed or printed out articles (15 pts)

_____

5 analyses (25 pts)

_____

Analysis #1

Analysis #2

Analysis #3

Analysis #4

Analysis #5

Analyses are typed (5 pts)

_____

Overall effort and writing quality of analyses (5 pts)

_____

NOTES:

Name_______________________ Score_____
Biography, Autobiography, Memoir Project Rubric
Requirement
Earned

Points

Prezi Stops (30 pts; 5 pts each):

_____

Title slide with students name and class period

_____ A) Why is this person famous?
_____B) Discuss 3 personality traits that helped this person achieve his or her goal.
_____C) What are 2 problems this person had to overcome?
_____D) What about this person do you feel enabled him/her to achieve his/her hopes and
dreams?

_____E ) How are you and this person alike and different? Give specific examples.

Quality of pictures/videos/illustrations (10 pts)

_____

Correctly cited information on each stop (5 pts each)

_____

Overall effort/presentation (5 pts)

_____

NOTES:

5
3
3

x2 =
4
4

5
5