My Heritage

Content	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
The slide show contains a title slide.	Title is relevant to the topic and shows name of countries and student full name	Title mostly relevant to topic and shows name of country and student name	Title slight relevance to topic and shows name of country and student name	Title no relevance to topic is missing either name of country or student name
The shows the geography of the country such as: continent and map of country	All content throughout the presentation is accurate. There are no factual errors.	Most of the content is accurate but there is one piece of information that might be inaccurate.	The content is generally accurate, but one piece of information is clearly flawed or inaccurate.	Content is typically confusing or contains more than one factual error.
The slide show contains important information on the country such as: Climate, Language, religion, Industry, government, etc.	All	Most	Few	None
It contains at least five different pictures of the land region. May use pictures from home.	All graphics are attractive (size and colors) and support the theme/content of the presentation.	A few graphics are not attractive but all support the theme/content of the presentation.	All graphics are attractive but a few do not seem to support the theme/content of the presentation.	Several graphics are unattractive AND detract from the content of the presentation.
The pictures contain captions telling about the place.	All	Most	Few	None
Spelling and Grammer	Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.	Presentation has 1-2 misspellings, but no grammatical errors.	Presentation has 1-2 grammatical errors but no misspellings.	Presentation has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors.

Required Elements Includes students heritage countries, originality, was done graphically in computer. includes the colors of heritage countries

Flag included all required elements as well as a few graphics

Flag included most required elements and one graphic

Flag included few required elements.

Flag included none of the required elements.

Introduction (Organization)

The introduction is inviting, states the main topic and previews the structure of the paper.

The introduction clearly states the main topic and previews the structure of the paper, but is not particularly inviting to the reader.

The introduction states the main topic, but does not adequately preview the structure of the paper nor is it particularly inviting to the reader.

There is no clear introduction of the main topic or structure of the paper.

Focus on Topic (Content)

There is one clear, well-focused topic. Main idea stands out and is supported by detailed information.

Main idea is clear but the supporting information is general.

Main idea is somewhat clear but there is a need for more supporting information.

The main idea is not clear. There is a seemingly random collection of information.

Sequencing (Organization)

Details are placed in a logical order and the way they are presented effectively keeps the interest of the reader.

Details are placed in a logical order, but the way in which they are presented/introduced sometimes makes the writing less interesting.

Some details are not in a logical or expected order, and this distracts the reader.

Many details are not in a logical or expected order. There is little sense that the writing is organized.

Transitions (Organization)

A variety of thoughtful transitions are used. They clearly show how ideas are connected.

Transitions clearly show how ideas are connected, but there is little variety.

Some transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are fuzzy.

The transitions between ideas are unclear or nonexistant.

Grammar & Spelling (Conventions)

Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

Sentence Structure (Sentence Fluency)

All sentences are well-constructed with varied structure.

Most sentences are well-constructed with varied structure.

Most sentences are well-constructed but have a similar structure.

Sentences lack structure and appear incomplete or rambling.

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Required Elements Includes students heritage countries, originality, was done graphically in computer. includes the colors of heritage countries	Flag included all required elements as well as a few graphics	Flag included most required elements and one graphic	Flag included few required elements.	Flag included none of the required elements.