Evaluation

Categories	Exemplary 4	Accomplished 3	Developing 2	Beginning 1	Points Weight x Level
Cooperative Group work 2x weight	Excellent, no problems all members contribute, no teacher intervention needed	Good, members seem to work well together, most members contribute most of the time	weak members seem to have trouble working together at times. Some teacher intervention needed	Poor, members do not work together and often need teacher intervention
Magazine Cover 2x weight	Looks professional, excellent use of color, pictures, graphics and text is creative	Better then average, good use of color pictures, graphics, some creativity	Average, some aspects are weak, No creativity	Below average Looks messy and unappealing to a reader. No creativity
Magazine Layout and appearance 3x weight	Excellent use of space, graphics, fonts, pictures	Good use of space, graphics, fonts, pictures	Somewhat messy, too much empty space	All aspects of layout are weak and/or aspects are missing
Article Information 4x weight	Complete, accurate, excellent information	Fairly complete solid accurate information	Information is weak but accurate	Information is missing or inaccurate
Illustrations 2x weight	Excellent, colorful, on topic	Very good, colorful, on topic	Good, colorful, on topic	Poor, topic not illustrated
Writing Mechanics 3x weight	No mistakes Written at middle school level Not plagiarized	Few mistakes Written at middle school level Not plagiarized	Some mistakes in spelling or grammar. May not be at middle school level Not plagiarized	Many mistakes in spelling and or grammar. May not be at a middle school level. Some plagiarism
Questions and Answers 3x weight	Questions are meaningful, and thought provoking with detailed answers page	Questions are solid, some what easy, good answers provided	Questions are too easy, answers are provided	Questions are simple, well below grade level, answers are provided
Other extra creative stuff for your page 2x weight	Excellent	Good	Weak	None
Name _______________________			Period ____________________		Total Points

The first 3 categories and the last category are group items. The other categories are for the individual.

Each student will do a self evaluation of their magazine using this rubric, then each group will have another group evaluate the magazine using the rubric. Finally the teacher will give an evaluation to the magazine also using the above rubric.

Calculating the Grade:

	The maximum amount of points earned for a person is 80
	Plagiarized work will be handed back for re-writes. Any work needed beyond the project deadline will be counted as late as per class policy: 5 points off for each day late.
	There are 9 categories with weights ranging from 1-4 (more important categories have a higher weight of 3 or 4, less important categories have lower weight of 2 or 1).
	For each of the 9 categories you are to circle a level 4,3,2, or 1, then multiply the number by its weight. If you gave yourself all 4’s and multiplied by the weight you would have 80 points.