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RUBRIC FOR FOOD
CHAIN EXPOSITORY
These are some answers that the
student must write for their food chain expository.
- Plants and animals have an interdependent relationship.
- All life depends on the
energy from the sun.
- Plants are important for all life.
- Plants are called
producers. They make their own food and they become food for animals.
- Animals get their energy from eating plants and other animals.
- The animals
that get food from plants are called primary consumers. Some examples of these
animals would be insects, mice, rabbits, deer, monkeys, and so on.
- Animals that
eat animals that eat plants are called secondary consumers. Some example
of these animals would be snakes, ferrets, and raccoons.
- Bigger animals that eat
other animals are called top predators such as lions, tigers, vultures, or
sharks. Small animals are prey for these top predators.
- When animals die
decomposers such as insects, bacteria, or mushrooms break their bodies down and
become part of the soil which in turn becomes food for the plants.
| CATEGORY |
Excellent |
Good |
Satisfactory |
Poor |
| Amount of Information |
All levels of the food chain are addressed.
At least 2 sentences about each. |
Most levels of the food chain
are addressed. At least 2 sentences about each. |
Some levels of the food chain are addressed, 1 sentence about each. |
One level of the food
chain was addressed. |
| Internet Use |
Successfully uses suggested
Internet links to find information and navigates within these sites
easily without assistance. |
Usually able to use suggested
Internet links to find information and navigates within these sites
easily without assistance. |
Occasionally able to
use suggested Internet links to find information and navigates within
these sites easily without assistance. |
Needs assistance or
supervision to use suggested Internet links and/or to navigate within
these sites. |
| Paragraph Construction |
Paragraph includes
introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. |
Paragraph includes
introductory sentence, some details, and concluding sentence. |
Paragraph includes
introductory sentence, few details but were typically not constructed well. |
Paragraph structure was not
clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraph. |
| Mechanics |
No grammatical, spelling or
punctuation errors. |
Almost no grammatical,
spelling or punctuation errors |
A few grammatical spelling, or
punctuation errors. |
Many grammatical, spelling, or
punctuation errors. |
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