Grade | A | B | C | Does Not Meet Standard |
Cover and Binding | Contains appropriate title and images with your name. Creative; colorful; neatly bound; personalized | Contains appropriate title and images with your name. Neatly bound; personalized. | Contains an appropriate title with your name. Generic. Bound | No cover or title. No binding. |
Introduction Prompts:
| Thoroughly and clearly articulates all four prompts. | Clearly addresses all four prompts. | Answers all four prompts. | Minimal response to prompts, missing an introduction |
Table of Contents | Well-formatted; neat, organized, numbered correctly | Organized, numbered correctly. | Organized, numbered with one or two errors. | No table of contents |
Budget Narrative Job/salary, home, food, transportation, fashion, debt, personal care, Insurance, entertainment, investment/savings, other expenses | Narrative thoroughly addresses and explains each major and minor budget categories in well-written paragraphs | Narrative addresses and explains each major budget category. | Narrative addresses each major budget category. | Missing, incomplete or incoherent explanations |
Budgets | Contains graded preliminary and complete revised budgets; budget balances; accurate; realistic | Contains graded preliminary and complete revised budgets; budget balances; accurate; realistic; 1-2 errors. | Contains preliminary and revised budget. Not graded and has multiple errors. | Budget is incomplete or full of errors and inaccuracies |
Evidence (ads and printouts) - Job - Home/Rental - Transportation - - Cell phone - Insurance (auto and home) - Auto or loan info. - Investments - Grocery receipts - Cable/Internet | Attaches detailed evidence for all budget categories to the left. | Neatly attaches evidence for all budget categories to the left | Attaches sufficient evidence for most budget categories to the left; may contain gaps in information | No evidence attached |
Career Path description List and explain all the requirements (education, internship, professional hours, professional certificates, training, etc.), to achieve the salary of your profession. Write in essay format. | Career path description is thorough and detailed. | Career path description is clear. | I Includes a career path description. | Does not include a career description |
Stock Market Simulation - What did you learn during the Stock Simulation? - Will you invest in the future? Why? Why not? (if not, what do you think you would invest in? Bonds, Cd’s, mutual funds? - | Graded copy of individual portfolio with a thorough and detailed explanation of Stock Market rationale. | Graded copy of individual portfolio with a clear explanation of Stock Market rationale. | Graded copy of individual portfolio with reflection. | Does not include a stock reflection or individual portfolio worksheet |
Format and Grammar | Typed, proofread for errors | Typed, some errors | Typed, many errors | Handwritten; excessive errors |
Grade: __________ (Total: 500 points)