Poster Art Competition Grading Rubric

5 4 3 2 1
Content Content is accurate Content is accurate Content is Content is either Content is
Poster contains and all required but some required accurate but some questionable or inaccurate.
appropriate items and information is information is required incomplete. Information is
information presented in a missing and/or not information is Information is incomplete,
(information is logical order. presented in a missing and/or not not presented in inaccurate, or not
appropriate to logical order, but is presented in a a logical order, presented in a
assigned topic). still generally easy logical order, making it logical order,
to follow. making it difficult difficult to making it difficult
to follow. follow. to follow.

Presentation Presentation is Presentation is Presentation flows Presentation is Presentation has

Poster is clean, neat, neat, clean, well- mostly neat and well. Some tools unorganized. no flow.
and creative. The organized and clean. Information are used to show Tools are not Insufficient
information is well presented in a is organized in a acceptable used in a relevant information and
organized, interesting, creative way. logical manner and understanding. manner. Lacking lacking some of
accurate, and reflects Presentation is shows some degree Each member’s some of the the member’s
an understanding of colorful and of creativity. The information is members’ information.
the topic. creative. overall presentation represented and information/ and
Information is is interesting. identified with or information is
interesting and their name. not identified
accurate.

Pictures,Clip Art Images, pictures, Images, pictures, Most images Images are No images or
clip art and drawn and clip art and and/or artwork is inappropriate and artwork included.
and Artwork
artwork are drawn artwork are are colorful and artwork shows
Images, pictures, clip
colorful, and mostly colorful and appropriate. The little, if any,
art and drawn artwork
appropriate to the appropriate. Layout layout shows little creativity. The
are colorful and
topic. Layout may show some creativity and/or layout is messy,
appropriate to the
flows well, shows degree of is not organized disorganized or
assigned topic. The
creativity, and is creativity but is logically or cluttered.
layout flows well and
pleasing to the eye. not organized cluttered.
shows creativity. The
logically and/or is
overall result is
cluttered.
pleasing to the eye.

Mechanics No spelling, A few (2-3) errors No more than 5 No more than 7 More than 7
Spelling, grammar, and grammar, or in spelling, grammar spelling, grammar spelling, grammar spelling, grammar
punctuation in any text punctuation errors or punctuation. or punctuation or punctuation or punctuation
on the poster is in the text. Text is Most text is in errors. Several errors.. Most of errors. Text is
accurate. in the student’s student’s own instances where text is not in copied or not
own words. words. the text is not in authors’ own included.
student’s own words and/or no
words. text included.

Overall The poster fulfills The poster fulfills

all requirements of all but one of the
Presentation the assignment and requirements of
The poster fulfills all
represents the the assignment and
requirements of the
student’s full shows that the
assignment and shows
potential. student put forth
the student’s full
an honest effort to
potential.
complete the
assignment.

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