Grading+Rubric

Requirement || 25 points || 20 points || 15 points || 10 points || 5 points || State Info || - No grammatical or spelling errors. Has three well-written paragraphs. The first two focus on the history of the state. The last paragraph is a justification of why you want to go there. ||  - Some grammatical and spelling errors. Paragraphs are not very detailed, but there are three paragraphs. ||  - Some grammatical and spelling errors. Less than three paragraphs. ||  Several grammatical and spelling errors. Less than three paragraphs. ||  Many grammatical/spelling errors. Less than three paragraphs. Paragraphs are not well written and don’t make sense. || Itinerary || ||   ||   Has specific dates for all of the days of your trip (at least 5 days). Is creatively written with little or no spelling and grammatical errors. Each day has at least 3-4 sentences. ||  Missing 2-3 components of a 15 score. ||  Missing more than 3 components of a 15 score. || Travel Plans for Flying/Car Rental || ||   ||   - Includes all flight information and layover information (airline, **round trip** cost, departing airport name, and time, arrival airport name and time). - Car Rental – Includes rental agency, type of car, and cost. ||  Missing 2-3 components of a “15” score. ||  Missing more than 3 components of a “15” score. || Travel Plans for Driving || ||   ||   - Includes a link for directions on wiki page. You should have directions provided from your house to your hotel and at least one other location you travel to. ||  Does not provide all directions or directions are incorrect. ||  Only provides directions to one hotel. || Accommodations || ||   ||    ||   - Formal outline includes: hotel name, address, phone number, cost per night, and amenities. ||  Missing 2 or more components of a “10” score. || Pre-trip Planning || ||   ||    ||   Has a list of ten things to do before leaving for vacation  || Does not have a list of ten things to do. || ||  25  ||   20  ||   15  ||   10  ||   5  || Estimated Costs || ||   ||   Link to graph on wiki page which includes a graph with the cost for gas, hotels, airfare, food, entertainment, shopping, car rental, Misc.   || Missing two - three components of a “15” score. ||  Missing more than three components of a “15” score. || Bibliography || ||     ||    ||   Contains all resources used for project and are listed alphabetically and in the correct format. ||  Does not include many resources and the ones that are included are not written correctly. || Appearance || ||   ||   Has state name, your name, and at least one picture per section. There is a horizontal bar between each section. ||  Missing pictures and/or state name. ||  Missing more than 3 pictures. Does not have state name. ||