Rubric for Annotated Bibliography

CATEGORY	Excellent	Good	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement
Variety of Literature (different genres)	Student devotes a lot of time and effort to the development of a meaningful and varied bibliography of QUALITY literature. Bibliography includes several genres of literature.	Student devotes sufficient time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works and gets the job done.	Student devotes some time and effort to the writing process but was not very thorough. Does enough to get by.	Student devotes little time and effort to the writing process. Doesn't seem to care.
Appropriateness of literature for adults	ALL books/reading materials are of an interest level appropriate for adults. Annotations make a SOLID case for how these books would be used for reading/writing with adults.	SOME books/reading materials are of an interest level appropriate for adults. Annotations make a somewhat SOLID case for how these books would be used for reading/writing with adults.	FEW books/reading materials are of an interest level appropriate for adults. Annotations fail to make SOLID cases for how at least some of these books would be used for reading/writing with adults.	Very few books/reading materials are of an interest level appropriate for adults. Annotations are missing altogether or fail to make a case for how these books would be used for reading/writing with adults.
Organization	Bibliography is well-organized, alphabetized, and attractive.	Bibliography is somewhat well-organized, alphabetized, and attractive.	Bibliography lacks organization, being alphabetized, and/or attractiveness.	Little if any attention has been paid to the organization or attractiveness of this bibliography.
Spelling and Punctuation	There are no spelling or punctuation errors in the final draft.	There is one spelling or punctuation error in the final draft.	There are 2-3 spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft.	The final draft has more than 3 spelling and punctuation errors.
Annotations	Annotations follow prescribed format and are informative, professional, and well-developed.	Annotations somewhat follow prescribed format and are informative, professional, and well-developed.	Annotations fail to follow prescribed format or are not very informative, professional, and/or well-developed	Annotations are missing or inappropriate for this assignment.
Literacy Environment	Includes personal introduction and description of your previous and current home literacy environment, culture, attitudes and daily oral and written literate practices.	Almost all (about 90%) the written requirements were met: Includes personal introduction and description of your previous and current home literacy environment, culture, attitudes and daily oral and written literate practices.	Most (about 75%) of the written requirements were met, but several were not: Includes personal introduction and description of your previous and current home literacy environment, culture, attitudes and daily oral and written literate practices.	Many requirements were not met: Includes personal introduction and description of your previous and current home literacy environment, culture, attitudes and daily oral and written literate practices.
Neatness and Format	The annotated bibliography is readable, clean, neat and attractive. It is typed in 12 point Times New Roman or Arial font, double-space, front-side of page only ... bold headings. It looks like the author took great pride in it.	The annotated bibliography is readable, neat and attractive, however one or more of the following requirements is not met: typed in 12 point Times New Roman or Arial font, double-space, front-side of page only ... bold headings. It looks like the author took some pride in it.	The annotated bibliography is readable and some of the pages are attractive, however two or more of the following requirements are not met: typed in 12 point Times New Roman or Arial font, double-space, front-side of page only ... bold headings. It looks like parts of it might have been done in a hurry.	The annotated bibliography is not neat or attractive. It looks like the student just wanted to get it done and didn't care what it looked like. Three or more of the following requirements are not met: typed in 12 point Times New Roman or Arial font, double-space, front-side of page only ... bold headings.
Knowledge and Appreciation of Quality Literature	Easy to tell that this student KNOWS quality literature and appreciates quality literature.	Some feel for knowing this student KNOWS quality literature and appreciates quality literature.	Little feel for knowing this student KNOWS quality literature and appreciates quality literature.	No feel for knowing this student KNOWS quality literature and appreciates quality literature.

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