Soundtrack of My Life Rubric - 10th Grade Honors

4 (100-90)
Introductory Paragraph

Body Paragraphs Three

events and songs
Content / meaning

Incorporation of lyrics in
relation to the event

Spelling/Grammar
Conventions

Oral Presentation

Thorough and detailed

explanation of yourself,
your goals for this year, and
how you learn best.
Complete, well-written
thesis statement.
Name of 3 events, songs,
and artists; Clear and
thorough explanation of
how the song relates to the
event; Detailed description
of how each event/song is
important to your life.
Excellent use of transition
words/phrases.
Lyrics are appropriately
placed within your writing;
The lyrics are detailed and
specifically chosen to
connect to the event; lyrics
are intertwined nicely in
each paragraph.
In-line citations are
correctly included.
There are very few
spelling/grammatical
errors; quotation marks are
always used around songs
and lyrics.
Appropriate capitalization
rules are included.
Power Point Presentation
exceeded expectations;
Student maintained
excellent eye contact with
audience; Student knew

3 (89-80)

2 (79-70)

1(69 or below)

Explanation of yourself and

how you learn best; wellwritten thesis statement.

Very brief explanation to

yourself; lacking goals and
the ways in which you learn
best; thesis statement is
incomplete.

Little to no explanation of
yourself; missing a thesis
statement.

Name of 3 events, songs,

and artists; vague overall
description of how each
song relates to the event and
how it is important to your
life. Sometimes used
transition phrases/words.

Name of 3 events and songs;

unclear explanation of how
song relates to the event.
Missing transitions
words/phrases throughout
essay.

Incomplete body
paragraphs may lack an
event and song; no
explanation of how song
relates to event.
Missing transition
words/phrases/

Some lyrics are

appropriately placed within
your writing; Most lyrics
are specific enough and flow
nicely. In-line citations are
incorrectly placed in, or not
placed in at all.

Few lyrics are used to

connect song to the event.
Lyrics missing in a
paragraph; Lyrics dropped
into writing for no reason.
Missing in-line citations.

No lyrics have been placed

in body paragraphs.

There are some

spelling/grammatical
errors; quotation marks
sometimes placed around
song titles and lyrics.
Capitalization rules are
sometimes not addressed.
Power Point Presentation
met expectations; Student
had eye contact with
audience for the most part;
Student used paper to help

Many spelling/grammatical
errors; little to no use of
quotation marks around
lyrics and titles.
Capitalization rules are
oftentimes not addressed.

Numerous
spelling/grammatical
errors; no sense of
grammatical rules.

Student read off of paper

and did not maintain eye
contact with the audience;
voice was quiet.

Student did not make oral

presentation.

subject matter without

paper; loud and clear.
Total

guide oral presentation;

clear voice