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CATEGORY
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2
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1
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Writing Process
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Student devotes a
lot of time and effort to the writing process (prewriting,
drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works hard to make the story
wonderful.
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Student devotes
sufficient time and effort to the writing process (prewriting,
drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works and gets the job done.
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Student devotes some
time and effort to the writing process but was not very
thorough. Does enough to get by.
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Student devotes
little time and effort to the writing process. Doesn't seem to
care.
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Introduction
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First paragraph has
a "grabber" or catchy beginning.
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First paragraph has
a weak "grabber".
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A catchy beginning
was attempted but was confusing rather than catchy.
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No attempt was made
to catch the reader's attention in the first paragraph.
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Neatness
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The final draft of
the story is readable, clean, neat and attractive. It is free of
erasures and crossed-out words. It looks like the author took
great pride in it.
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The final draft of
the story is readable, neat and attractive. It may have one or
two erasures, but they are not distracting. It looks like the
author took some pride in it.
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The final draft of
the story is readable and some of the pages are attractive. It
looks like parts of it might have been done in a hurry.
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The final draft is
not neat or attractive. It looks like the student just wanted to
get it done and didn't care what it looked like.
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Focus on Assigned Topic
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The entire story is
related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to
understand much more about the topic.
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Most of the story is
related to the assigned topic. The story wanders off at one
point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic.
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Some of the story is
related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much
about the topic.
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No attempt has been
made to relate the story to the assigned topic.
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Accuracy of Facts
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All facts presented
in the story are accurate.
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Almost all facts
presented in the story are accurate.
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Most facts presented
in the story are accurate (at least 70%).
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There are several
factual errors in the story.
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Accuracy of Facts
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All facts presented
in the story are accurate.
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Almost all facts
presented in the story are accurate.
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Most facts presented
in the story are accurate (at least 70%).
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There are several
factual errors in the story.
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Setting
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Many vivid,
descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took
place.
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Some vivid,
descriptive words are used to tell the audience when and where
the story took place.
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The reader can
figure out when and where the story took place, but the author
didn't supply much detail.
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The reader has
trouble figuring out when and where the story took place.
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Dialogue
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There is an
appropriate amount of dialogue to bring the characters to life
and it is always clear which character is speaking.
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There is too much
dialogue in this story, but it is always clear which character
is speaking.
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There is not quite
enough dialogue in this story, but it is always clear which
character is speaking.
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It is not clear
which character is speaking.
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Requirements
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All of the written
requirements (# of pages, # of graphics, type of graphics, etc.)
were met.
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Almost all (about
90%) the written requirements were met.
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Most (about 75%) of
the written requirements were met, but several were not.
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Many requirements
were not met.
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Title Page
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Title page has a
graphic or fancy lettering, has the title, author's name,
illustrator's name, and the year.
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Title page has the
title, author's name, illustrator's name, and the year.
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Title page has the 3
of the 4 required elements.
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Title page has fewer
than 3 of the required elements.
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Number of Sources
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Three sources were
cited in bibliography
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Two sources were
cited in bibliography
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One source was cited
in bibliography
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No sources were
cited in bibliography
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