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Book Jacket Report : Science Book Jacket Report
Teacher Name: Mrs. Antonelli
Student Name:
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CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Points Earned
Front Cover
Inside Left
(front) Flap
Back Cover
Inside Right
(back) Flap
Spine
Neatness and
Effort
Includes an
illustration, title of
the book, and
author's name.
Font and colors fit
the content of the
book. The graphic
illustrates some
scenes or ideas
from the book.
Summary is wellwritten
and
includes all
aspects of the
book content.
Paragraphs are
well formed. It is
clear the student
read the book and
understood it.
Includes two
reviews of the
book and student's
name. Each review
gives your opinion
for a different
aspect of the
book. Also
includes a
paragraph clearly
describing how the
book relates to
science and give a
detailed link
between the book
and a topic which
has been covered
in biology class
this year.
Includes a small
photograph or
drawing of the
author, the
author's name and
a biography that
includes some
personal facts,
some information
about the author's
scientific
background, and
the name of at
least one other
book written by the
author.
Includes an Includes an
illustration, title of illustration, title of
the book, and the book, and
author's name. The author's name.
graphic illustrates
some scenes or
ideas from the
book.
Summary includes
all aspects of the
book content but
at least one
paragraph is not
well formed. It is
clear the student
read the book.
Includes one
review of the book
and student's
name. Review
gives your opinion
of one aspect of
the book. Also
includes a
description of how
the book relates to
science and gives
a some link
between the book
and a topic which
has been covered
in biology class
this year.
Includes a
description of
some of the
ideas/events that
are in the book. lt
appears the
student read most
of the book, but
might not
understand it.
Includes one
review of the book
and student's
name. Review is a
mixture of fact and
opinion.
Relationship
between the book
and
science/biology
class are not
given, or is
vaguely described.
Includes the Includes the
author's name and
a biography that
includes some
personal facts and
the name of at
least one other
book written by the
author.
author's name and
a biography that
includes some
personal facts
about the author.
Does not include
illustration, title,
AND/OR author's
name.
Summary is too
vague. Does not
appear the student
read or understood
the book.
Review AND/OR
student's name is
missing. No
relationship
described of how
book is relevant to
science
Author's name
AND/OR
bibliography is
missing.
Includes the title, Includes the title, Includes title, Missing title,
name of author, name of author, name of author and author, AND/OR
publisher name and publisher name and publisher name. publisher name.
logo. Text and logo logo.
are creatively
done.
The book jacket
has no distracting
errors, corrections
or erasures and is
easily read. It
appears the
student spent a lot
of effort getting
things just right.
The book jacket
has almost no
distracting errors,
corrections or
erasures and is
easily read. It
appears the
student worked
hard on it.
The book jacket is
fairly readable but
the quality is not
too good on some
parts. It looks like
the student ran out
of time or didn't
take care of it.
Very messy and
hard to read. It
looks like the
student threw it
together at the last
minute without
much care.
Grammar There are no There is 1 There are 2-3 There are more

Grammar
There are no
grammatical
mistakes on the
book jacket.
There is 1
grammatical
mistake on the
book jacket.
There are 2-3
grammatical
mistakes on the
book jacket.
There are more
than 3 grammatical
mistakes on the
book jacket.
Spelling
Vocabulary
Illustration(s)
Comments/Total
Score
There are 3 or
fewer spelling
errors on the book
jacket. The
author's name and
the title are spelled
correctly
throughout!
Student correctly
uses 2 or more
unfamiliar
science/technology
words (at least one
from the story) and
can define them, if
asked.
Illustrations were
creative, drawn
and colored neatly
and were a good
size, and
illustrations are
clearly related to
the science
content of the
book and are
technically
accurate.
There are 3 or
fewer spelling
errors on the book
jacket, but the
author's name is is
not always spelled
correctly. The title
is always spelled
correctly.
Student uses 2 or
more
science/technology
words, but may not
be able to
accurately define
one of them.
Illustrations were
drawn and colored
neatly and were a
good size, and
illustrations are
related to the
science content of
the book and are
somewhat
technically
accurate
There are 3 or
fewer spelling
errors on the book
jacket, but the title
and author's name
are not always
spelled correctly.
Student uses 1
science/technology
word, but may not
be able to
accurately define
it.
Illustrations were
drawn and colored
neatly, but some
were too large or
too small.
Relationship
between science
content of book
and illustration is
vague or
illustrations are
extremely
technically
inaccurate.
There are more
than 3 spelling
errors.
Student has not
used any
science/technology
words in the book
jacket.
Illustrations were
drawn and/or
colored carelessly.
No relationship
between illustration
and science
content of book.
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