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Senior Project Portfolio Grading Rubric

Performance Excellent Good Average Poor Unacceptable

Element

Cover Page Typed cover page Is missing any

(5 pts) includes subject of requirements, or
your project; MLA anything is
Heading (with misspelled
student’s name, (including English
*Title Page teacher’s name, teacher's name).
(Optional) class, and date)

Preface Preface reflects Preface is brief or Preface is missing.

(10 pts) steps in process, poorly composed,
including changes, and lacks details
and describes on process, or
product and what learning.
student learned.

Table of Contents Portfolio contains a Portfolio has a Portfolio table of Portfolio table of Table of contents is
(10 pts) complete table of table of contents contents may be contents is out of missing, or portfolio
contents of all outlining a few out of order, or order or does not have page
major sections of broad sections incomplete. incomplete. Page numbers.
project. All pages only. Has Numbered pages numbers do not
numbered and numbered pages may not correspond, or
correspond with that correspond correspond with are incomplete.
the table of with the table of the table of
contents. contents. contents.

Letter of Intent Original letter of Original letter of Original letter of Letter of Intent Letter of intent may
(5 pts) intent is present intent is present intent is present may have been be unsigned or is
without errors, and signed by all. but may lack submitted late missing.
signed by English Letter was likely signatures, or may and/or may lack
teachers, mentor, submitted and reflect errors or some signatures.
and parent. Letter approved by due late submission.
was submitted and date, but may
approved by due have errors.
date.

Mentor/Parent Form is present Form is missing or

Consent Contract and signed by is unsigned.
(5 pts) parent.

______________ _______________ ________________

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Mentor Letter Student has Student has not
Student has
(5 pts) included an included an original,
included a letter
original, signed signed letter from
that lacks some
letter from mentor mentor.
information.
verifying 30 hours
and goals met.

Journal Entries Journal entries Journal entries Journal entries Journal entries Journal entries are
(10 pts) reflect on learning show some show limited tell only what the superficial, and/or
and experience reflection on reflection and/or student DID, but unclear, are brief
gained, show learning and creativity, use do not reflect on and/short of the
creativity/original experience gained, examples but may learning; minimum number
thinking, use show signs of leave reader with mechanical or of pages.
abundant creativity/original questions, may penmanship Revisions may be
examples to thinking, use have fragments or problems may missing or have
illustrate and examples to run-on sentences; hamper clarity; multiple errors.
support, use illustrate and is neat enough to content of entries
complete support, use be read, meets the indicate they were
sentences, are complete minimum number late or done at
neat and orderly, sentences, are of required pages; the last minute.
and meet the neat and orderly, graded entries May be too brief
required total of and meet the may indicate that or short of the
five pages. It is required total of some of the minimum pages.
clear that the five pages. Most of entries were late Revisions may
journals were done the journals were or done at the last have sloppy
over the course of done over the minute. errors.
the project. course of the
project.

Performance Excellent Good Average Poor Unacceptable
Element

Time Log(s) Student has Student has met Student has met Student short of Student short of
(10 pts) exceeded the the minimum the minimum total minimum hours, minimum hours,
minimum number number of hours, number of hours documentation is documentation is
of hours, has and documented but may be short incomplete and incomplete and
proper signatures when hours were on hours with descriptions are descriptions vague
documenting performed. Has at mentor. limited. Most or difficult to read.
when hours were least 5 meetings Documentation entries are Signatures may be
performed. Has at with a mentor. A may be lacking. signed; may not suspect, or missing
least 5 meetings few description Description be legible or may altogether.
with a mentor. squares may be squares may be lack important
Log gives brief left blank, but the vague to be of signatures.
descriptions of great majority of use, or more than
how/where blocks the time sheet is three have been
of time were complete. Entries left blank. Most
spent. All entries are legible, signed entries are legible,
are legible, dated and hours are signed, and hours
and signed, and totaled. are totaled.
hours are totaled.

Project Updates Student has Student has only 1 Student has only No Updates
(10 pts) included 2 original original Project 1 original Project included.
corrected Project Update, or 2 that Update.
Updates; if are not corrected
necessary, and/or not revised.
updates are
revised.

Research Paper Student has No research paper,

(10 pts) included research or paper without
paper with teacher’s
teacher’s comments and
comments and grade.
grade.

Additional Includes abundant Includes abundant Includes evidence Includes limited Includes little or no
Documentation/ evidence from a evidence from from portions of evidence from evidence from the
Proof variety of points portions of the the project. May portions of the project. Is little
(10 pts) throughout the project. May include pictures project. Items more than a hasty
project. May include pictures (w/ student in may not be collection of
include pictures (w/ student in them), work annotated, or documents in a
(w/ student in them), work samples, their purpose binder.
them), work samples, correspondence may be unclear.
samples, correspondence with mentor
correspondence with mentor (letters or emails),
with mentor (letters or emails), documents
(letters or emails), documents produced for the
documents produced for the project, receipts
produced for the project, receipts for materials, etc.
project, receipts for materials, etc. Some items are
for materials, etc. All items are labeled/annotated
All items are labeled/annotated to make their
*Drafts /
labeled/annotated to make their purpose clear.
Revisions
to make their purpose clear.
(optional)
purpose clear.

Self Evaluation Student has Student has Student has not

(5 pts) included a included a included an
complete complete evaluation.
evaluation with evaluation with
no errors. many errors.

Quality/Learning Entire portfolio Portions of the The portfolio Student short of The portfolio is
Stretch displays advanced portfolio display displays some minimum hours, little more than a
(5 pts) professionalism, advanced level of professionalism documentation is collection of
creativity, and professionalism and/or creativity. incomplete and documents hastily
pride. Careful and creativity. Attention to detail, descriptions are stuffed into a
attention has been Some attention while present, is of limited value. binder at the last
paid to detail, has been paid to inconsistent. Most entries are minute.
neatness, and detail, neatness, Neatness and signed; may not
clarity. Overall, and clarity. clarity may be a be typed.
portfolio shows Overall, portfolio problem. Evidence
the student shows the student of learning, growth
learned, grew and learned, grew and present; may be
exceeded original, met original short of original
approved goal. approved goal. goal. MOST SOME MISSING
ALL components ALL components components components components.
included. included. included. missing.