4 That’s It! / 3 Almost There / 2 Needs Improvement / 1 Just Beginning / 0 Unacceptable
Ideas & Insight / Fulfills all requirements of task; shows insight; makes clear connections within & beyond text / Fulfills most requirements; some insight & connections / Fulfills some requirements; mostly literal interpretation; gaps in understanding / Shows little understanding of text or task; meaning is often unclear / No understanding of text or task; illegible or incomprehensible writing
Support-ing Details / Ideas are supported with specific details and examples; good elaboration / Some support; good details; some elaboration / Vague; little elaboration; some inaccuracies / Few details; too brief; no elaboration / Incomplete or mostly copied from text
Organiza-tion / Clear focus; clear connections between main idea and sub-topics / Focused; mostly relevant details / Weak structure; poor topic sentences; irrelevant details / Very weak structure; no topic sentences; just lists / No structure or mostly copied from text
Voice & Word Choice / Vivid & precise words; appropriate tone; clear voice / Some interesting words; tone is usually appropri-ate; some voice / Vague words; uninteresting / Basic words; repetitive; no voice or interest / Meaningless words or just copied from text
Sentence Fluency / Variety of sentence length & structure; smooth, flowing sentences; good transitions / Some variety of sentences / Choppy sentences; lack of variety / Poor sentence structure; monotonous / No sentence structure or mostly copied from text
Conven-tions / No mistakes / Very few mistakes, which do not interfere with reading / Mistakes begin to interfere with reading / Mistakes begin to interfere with understanding / Shows little attempt at proofreading or shows little understanding of conventions

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4 That’s It! / 3 Almost There / 2 Needs Improvement / 1 Just Beginning / 0 Unacceptable
Ideas & Insight / Fulfills all requirements of task; shows insight; makes clear connections within & beyond text / Fulfills most requirements; some insight & connections / Fulfills some requirements; mostly literal interpretation; gaps in understanding / Shows little understanding of text or task; meaning is often unclear / No understanding of text or task; illegible or incomprehensible writing
Support-ing Details / Ideas are supported with specific details and examples; good elaboration / Some support; good details; some elaboration / Vague; little elaboration; some inaccuracies / Few details; too brief; no elaboration / Incomplete or mostly copied from text
Organiza-tion / Clear focus; clear connections between main idea and sub-topics / Focused; mostly relevant details / Weak structure; poor topic sentences; irrelevant details / Very weak structure; no topic sentences; just lists / No structure or mostly copied from text
Voice & Word Choice / Vivid & precise words; appropriate tone; clear voice / Some interesting words; tone is usually appropri-ate; some voice / Vague words; uninteresting / Basic words; repetitive; no voice or interest / Meaningless words or just copied from text
Sentence Fluency / Variety of sentence length & structure; smooth, flowing sentences; good transitions / Some variety of sentences / Choppy sentences; lack of variety / Poor sentence structure; monotonous / No sentence structure or mostly copied from text
Conven-tions / No mistakes / Very few mistakes, which do not interfere with reading / Mistakes begin to interfere with reading / Mistakes begin to interfere with understanding / Shows little attempt at proofreading or shows little understanding of conventions

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