Criteria

Points

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Topic

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Focus

-Questions or problems are teacher generated.

- Extra information that is off the subject.

- You aren’t clear about what you are saying.

- Student(s) require prompts to generate questions.

- Writing has some focus but shifts from idea to idea.

- Extra information that doesn’t make your writing clearer.

- Student(s) generate questions and or problems.

- Most parts are focused.

- Clear links between ideas, not many jumps from one idea to the next.

- Student(s) properly generate questions and or problems around a topic

- Focused! The ideas fit together to form a whole.

- Good introduction & conclusion

Information Gathering

Information is gathered from non-electronic or electronic sources only.

Information is gathered from limited electronic and non-electronic sources.

Information is gathered from a few electronic and non-electronic sources.

Information is gathered from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources.

Content

- Includes little essential information and one or two facts.

- Includes some essential   information with few citations and few facts.

- Includes essential information with most sources cited. 

-Elaboration that gives readers understanding of the topic.

- Covers topic completely and in depth.

- Includes cited sources and complete information.

Grammar

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Conventions

- Misused or left out words and phrases.

- Many errors in grammar,

and sentence structure.

- Many spelling and capitalization errors.

- Multiple spelling,

capitalization, punctuation, grammar, usage, and sentence structure errors

-Included some simple or inaccurate words and phrases.

- Not many mistakes with spelling, capitalization or punctuation.

- Sentences are descriptive and complete.

- No mistakes with spelling, capitalization or punctuation.

- You take some chances by writing at high levels.

Conclusions Reached

A weak conclusion is made from the evidence offered.

Some detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.

Several detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.

Numerous detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.

Summary Paragraph

Weakly organized.

Well organized, but shows  illogical sequencing and sentence structure.

Well organized, but shows illogical sequencing or sentence structure.

Well organized, demonstrates logical sequencing and sentence structure.

Oral Presentation Skills

Great difficulty communicating ideas.  Poor voice projection.   Little preparation or incomplete work.

Some difficulty communicating ideas, due to voice projection, lack of preparation, or incomplete work

Communicates ideas with proper voice projection. Adequate preparation and delivery.

Communicates ideas with enthusiasm, proper voice projection, appropriate language, and clear delivery.

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