interrupters-educator-guide - ITVS

TEACHER HANDOUT:ACTIVIST SPOTLIGHT RUBRICExceeding theStandardMeeting theStandardApproaching theStandardEmergingContentI select many specificdetails that show what isimportant and interestingabout the person.I use someappropriate detailsto show what isimportant andinteresting aboutthe person.I use a few details,but the readerdoesn’t really learnwhat is importantand interesting aboutthe person.I do not use verymany details, andthe reader doesnot learn whatis important orinteresting aboutthe person.Language:VocabularyI use interesting and livelywords that show ratherthan tell about the person.I use interestingwords to describethe person.I use someinteresting words,but most of thelanguage in myarticle is ordinary.The languagein my article isordinary.Language:QuotationsWhen it makes sense todo so, I include some ofthe person’s exact wordsin quotation marks inmy article along with mydescriptions of what theperson said to make thestory more interesting.Sometimes I includethe person’s exactwords.I try to include theperson’s exact words,but sometimes itdoesn’t really makesense.I do not includeany of theperson’s exactwords.ConventionsI do not have anymistakes in sentences,spelling, punctuation, orcapitalization in my article.I do not haveany mistakes insentences, spelling,punctuation, orcapitalizationthat make it hardfor the reader tounderstand what Ihave written.I have a fewmistakes insentences, spelling,punctuation, andcapitalization thatmake it hard for thereader to understandwhat I have written.I have so manymistakes insentences,spelling,punctuation, andcapitalizationthat readershave a hard timeunderstandingwhat I havewritten.MultimediaI effectively integratemultimedia featuresthroughout the spotlight.The photo and video arehigh-quality, support thespotlight’s purpose, andare appropriate for theaudience.I use multimediafeatures effectivelythroughout thespotlight. The photoand video arehigh-quality andrelate to the topic.I try to usemultimedia thespotlight, but someof the photos orvideo are low-qualityor do not relate wellto the topic.I do not usemultimedia onmy spotlight.*Adapted from Intel’s Assessing Projects Library: educate.intel.com/pk/AssessingProjects16