The
Watsons Go to Birmingham - The Other Birmingham
Story Map Scoring Guide
4 Exemplary
- Story map meets
the criteria for Proficient
- Story map includes
arrows to show the direction the Watsons' traveled
- Story map includes
a detachable postcard from Kenny to another character from the book
3 Proficient
- Story map is
an accurate, detailed geographic representation of the Watson's' journey from
Flint, Michigan, to Birmingham, Alabama
- All states and
stops he makes and passes through are hand drawn to scale and correctly labeled
- The elements
of a novel are included on the story map: characters, settings, conflict,
3-4 main events, resolution
- Map is free
of spelling errors
- Map is visually
attractive
- Map follows
all directions
2 Progressing
- Map is missing
no more than 3 key locations
- Map contains
less than five of the narrative elements present in The Watsons Go to Birmingham
- Map contains
less than 4 spelling errors
- Map needsmore
detail
- Directions are
not followed completely
1 Not Yet Meeting
the Standard
- Map shows less
than half of the Watsons' travels
- Map does not
show the narrative elements of the story
- Scale and labeling
are inaccurate
- Map contains
more than four spelling errors