BOOK JACKET

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Inside flap

Includes a small photograph or drawing of the author, the author's name and a biography that includes some personal facts and the name of at least one other book written by the author.  Three reasons justifying award-winning author including facts and examples.

Includes the author's name and a biography that includes some personal facts and the name of at least one other book written by the author.  Three reasons justifying award-winning author.  Does not include facts and examples.

Includes the author's name and a biography that includes some personal facts about the author.  One statement pertaining to award-winning author.

Author's name and/or bibliography is missing.  No statements pertaining to award-winning author.

Illustrations

Illustrations were creative, drawn and colored neatly and were a good size.  Creative border.

Illustrations were drawn and colored neatly and were a good size.  Neat border.

Illustrations were drawn and colored neatly, but some were too large or too small. Includes a border.

Illustrations were drawn and/or colored carelessly.  No border.

Neatness, effort, and cover information

The book jacket has no distracting errors, corrections or erasures and is easily read. Includes the title, author, illustrator.  It appears the student spent a lot of effort getting things just right.  Ruler used.

The book jacket has almost no distracting errors, corrections or erasures and is easily read.  Includes title and author. It appears the student worked hard on it.  Ruler used.

The book jacket is fairly readable but the quality is lacking on some parts. Missing some important information such as title, author, or illustrator.   No ruler.

Whole page has not been used, lots of white area. Hard to read. Omitted important written information.  No ruler.

Spelling and penmanship on jacket, flaps, and back page summary

There are 3 or fewer spelling errors on the book jacket, flaps, and summary. The author's name and the title are spelled correctly throughout!  Proper nouns are capitalized.  Consistent use of upper and lower case letters.

There are 3 or fewer spelling errors on the book jacket, flaps, and summary. The author's name is not always spelled correctly. The title is always spelled correctly. Most proper nouns are capitalized.   Use of upper and lower case letters usually used. 

There are 3 or fewer spelling errors on the book jacket, but the title and author's name are not always spelled correctly.  There are capitalization errors as well as frequent combination of upper and lower case letters. 

There are more than 3 spelling errors.  Proper nouns are usually not capitalized.  Consistent use of upper and lower case letter combination.

Always