Evaluation
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Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Accomplished 3 |
Exemplary 4 |
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Content
| Writing is limited in communicating knowledge, voice/point of view with little sense of audience.Only one point to support your decision, and no evidence. | Writing does not clearly communicate knowledge and/or point of view. Sense of audience is vague. At least 2 points, and some quotes to support your decision. Your side is understood. | Writing is purposeful and focused with strong voice/point
of view, and engages the audience. There are 3 or more points, supporting
evidence. | Writing is confident and clearly focused with a distinct, unique voice/point of view and is skillfully adapted to the audience. Your points are strong and well documented and supported. | |
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Organization
| Writing is disorganized and undeveloped with no transitions or closure | Writing is confused and loosely organized. Transitions are weak and closure is ineffective. | Writing includes a good beginning, middle, and end with transitions and good closure. | Writing includes a strong beginning, middle, and end with clear transitions and focused closure. | |
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Vocabulary
| Careless or inaccurate word choice which obscures meaning | Shows some use of varied word choice. | Purposeful use of word choice. | Effective and engaging use of word choice. | |
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Language Mechanics
| Frequent run-ons or fragments, no variety in sentence structure. Part of speech shows lack of agreement. Frequent errors in mechanics. | Some run-ons and fragments. Limited variety in sentence structure. Occasional errors between parts of speech. Some errors in mechanics. | Frequent use of varied sentence structure. Consistent agreement between parts of speech. Few errors in mechanics. | Consistent variety of sentence structure throughout. Use consistent agreement between parts of speech. Few, if any, errors in mechanics. | |
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Editing | Lacks evidence of editing. | Some evidence of editing. | Consistent evidence of editing. | Skillfully edited. | |
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Stated Objective or Performance
| Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance. | Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance. | Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance. | Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance. | |
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Stated Objective or Performance
| Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance. | Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance. | Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance. | Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance. |