Novel Museum Rubric

Name:____________________________Title of Book:___________________________________ Author___________________________

Criteria	Level 4 80-100	Level 3 70-79	Level 2 60-69	Level 1 50-59
Knowledge and Understanding

- demonstrated new knowledge and understanding of Canadian

history

- demonstrates ability to answer questions about novel/historical event

- thorough understanding and knowledge was demonstrated

- all questions answered easily and without hesitation and knowledge was accurate

- understanding and knowledge was demonstrated

- most questions answered easily and without hesitation and knowledge was accurate

- understanding and knowledge was somewhat demonstrated

- some questions answered easily and without hesitation and knowledge was accurate	- understanding and knowledge was weakly demonstrated

- few questions answered easily and without hesitation and knowledge was inaccurate
Thinking and Inquiry

- chooses artifacts that are significant to the novel and the historical event

- formulates a factual question and a comparative question

- organizes information using lists and Venn diagrams

- all artifacts were significant to both the novel and the historical event

- both types of questions were clear and correctly formulated

- used both lists and Venn diagrams accurately and thoroughly	- most artifacts were significant to both the novel and the historical event

- both types of questions were mostly clear and correctly formulated

- used both lists and Venn diagrams with few errors	- some artifacts were significant to both the novel and the historical event

- both type of question were somewhat correctly formulated

- used both lists and Venn diagrams but errors were evident	- few artifacts were significant to both the novel and the historical event

- one type of question was correctly formulated

- used both lists and Venn diagrams but several errors were evident
Communication

- uses graphics and visuals to communicate thoughts and ideas

- uses vocabulary that is significant to the historical event

- graphics and visuals were intriguing, colourful, spaced and appropriate to the novel

-used vocabulary that was clearly linked to the historical time period/event	- graphics and visuals were colourful, spaced and appropriate to the novel

-used vocabulary that was mostly linked to the historical time period/event	- graphics and visuals were somewhat colourful, spaced and some were appropriate to the novel

- sometimes used vocabulary that was linked to the historical time period/event	- graphics and visuals were somewhat colourful, spaced but few were appropriate to the novel

- rarely used vocabulary that was linked to the historical time period/event
Application

- demonstrates ability to use primary and secondary sources appropriately

- demonstrates insight into history through role-play of novel main character

-uses the school library, the electronic databases and the Internet to gather information on Canadian history

- writes a Works Cited page using MLA format

-correctly and appropriately used both primary and secondary sources

- had several primary sources

- thorough insight into the historical event through role-play

- used a wide variety of resources and all resources were authoritative and answered research questions

- Works Cited page was complete and correctly formatted with no errors or omissions	-correctly used both primary and secondary sources

- had a primary source

- insight into the historical event through role-play was demonstrated

- used a variety of resources and most resources were authoritative and answered research questions

- Works Cited page was complete and correctly formatted with few errors or omissions	- used both primary and secondary sources but not appropriately

- did not use have a primary source

- some insight into the historical event through role-play was demonstrated

- used few resources and some resources were authoritative and answered research questions

- Works Cited page was incomplete with some errors or omissions	- used either primary and secondary sources but not appropriately

- did not use a primary source

- little insight into the historical event through role-play was demonstrated

- used few resources and few resources were authoritative and answered research questions

- Works Cited page was incomplete with several errors or omissions

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