This document outlines a project for a junior high school technology and livelihood education class on commercial cooking. Students were assigned to create miniature food sculptures and were evaluated based on several criteria. The rubric assessed students on the originality and planning of their concept, the effort put into the project, the craftsmanship and attention to detail, the creativity and imagination shown, and whether the project was submitted by the deadline. Students were given points in each category, with higher scores going to those that demonstrated superior performance based on the standards.

1. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION (TLE)
THIRD QUARTER PROJECT IN COMMERCIAL COOKING
ARTIST NAME:
NAME YOUR FOOD ITEMS:
1. What did you enjoy most about this project?’
2. What would you do differently if you were assigned this project again?
3. What would make this more fun/enjoyable/awesome?

2. RUBRIC: MINIATURE FOOD SCULPTURES
CATEGORY UNSATISFACTORY SATISFACTORY SUPERIOR EXEMPLARY
Concept Student was unoriginal
in idea and didn’t fully
plan their concept
before executing
piece.
(4)
Student was slightly
creative with their
sculpture, but
didn’t add a lot of
excitement to the
piece
(6)
The sculpture
is unique and
the artist
managed to
make it
his/her own
and followed
guidelines.
(8)
Project was
created in a
way that is
totally
followed
project
guidelines.
(10)
Effort The student did not
complete the project.
The student had little
focus and needed
many reminder to
focus
(4)
The student
complete the
project, but didn’t
focus. the student
gave little effort
(8)
The student
complete the
project, but
needed
reminders to
focus. The
student give
some effort
(11)
The student
completed
the project
with great
focus. The
student gave
effort far
beyond that
required.
(15)
Craftsmanship The sculpture shows no
attention to
craftsmanship, was not
inventive or took no
risks in the creation
(4)
The sculpture shows
some attention to
craftsmanship is
finished but has
some unfinished
areas.
(6)
The sculpture
shows
attention to
craftsmanship
, there are a
few flaws, but
overall it is
neatly
crafted
(8)
The artist took
his/her time to
carefully craft
and finish the
project, made
it unique and
interesting.
(10)
Creativity the food sculpture was
not creative , and very
simple in form ( not a
lot of details)
(5)
The sculpture is
somewhat
creative. the piece
could use more
imagination and
some parts are too
plain
(10)
The sculpture
was creative
but could
have been
slightly more
imaginative
(15)
The sculpture
was very
creative. The
piece was
imaginative
and original. it
is a clear
sense of
design
(20)
Submission Two days or more after
deadline
(4)
A day after the
deadline
(8)
On the
deadline
(11)
Before
deadline
(15)
OVER ALL SCORE: