Rubric for Essay on the Advantages of Owning a Pet for Fourth-grade Class

Name ____________________________

Objective or Performance Level of Performance Received Score

Students and Mentee 1 2 3 4

will be able to Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Good Excellent

create a list of 3 advantages of owning a pet, demonstrating collaboration skills	no contribution to discussion	appropriate list of at least 1 advantage	appropriate list of at least 2 advantages	appropriate list of at least 3 advantages
copy and paste an image from a web site	demonstrated skill but needed extensive assistance	demonstrated skill but needed assistance	demonstrated skill with little assistance	demonstrated skill with no assistance
use word processing to write an essay	100 words with language errors that distract from the content	100 words with limited vocabulary	150 words with few grammar or mechanical errors	175 words with few grammar or mechanical errors
create a table with different types of formatting	no table	table has many formatting errors	table has correct number of columns and rows with appropriate spacing	table includes color
insert data in a table	no data	data insertion includes many errors	data is correctly inserted	data insertion includes special formatting, such as color
format a document for printing	document is not printed	printed document includes errors in page setup	document is printed with appropriate page setup	document is printed with outstanding placement of graphic and table