Rubrics for biography writing prompts

  • This rubric is designed to help students write a biographical paper.
  • Writing a biography?
  • This rubric evaluates biographies on a scale of 1 to 4 in the following areas: Ideas and content, organization, word choice and vocabulary, sentence fluidity.

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    Biography:_________________________________

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    This document provides a grading rubric for biographies with criteria in several areas including birth/death dates and places, early influences, education, major accomplishments, significance, contemporaries, grammar and spelling, and neatness. It assigns point values between 5-15 points for each criteria section and will total the points earned out of a possible 100 points for the completed biography.

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    This document provides a grading rubric for biographies with criteria in several areas including birth/death dates and places, early influences, education, major accomplishments, significance, contemporaries, grammar and spelling, and neatness. It assigns point values between 5-15 points

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    The details (FREDs) do not support the main idea.

    Logical Order

    Does the order of the supporting details make sense?


    The essay is developed in a logical order appropriate to the writer's purpose and readers needs.


    Most of the essay is presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.


    The writer attempts to develop the essay in a logical order, but some of the essay may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.


    The supporting details within the essay as a whole are not developed in a logical order.

    Transitions (Linking words)

    Do linking words, or transition words, connect details so that the paragraph

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    Writing Biography Rubric

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    This rubric evaluates biographies on a scale of 1 to 4 in the following areas: - Ideas and content, organization, word choice and vocabulary, sentence fluidity, and conventions. - A level 4 biography exceeds standards by including early life, significant events, contributions, and character traits of the subject with many interesting details. - A level 3 biography meets standards by being well-organized with transitions and including all required elements and details. - A level 2 biography approaches standards by missing one required element and needing more details and organization. - A level 1 biography does not meet standards by missing multiple required elements and having poor organization, word choice, and conventions.

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