CATEGORY |
Excellent |
Good |
Satisfactory |
Poor |
Amount of Information |
All topics are addressed and
all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. |
All topics are addressed and
most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. |
All topics are addressed, and
most questions answered with 1 sentence about each. |
One or more topics were not
addressed. |
Organization |
Information is very organized
with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings. |
Information is organized with
well-constructed paragraphs. |
Information is organized, but
paragraphs are not well-constructed. |
The information appears to be
disorganized. |
Quality of Information |
Information clearly relates to
the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. |
Information clearly relates to
the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. |
Information clearly relates to
the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. |
Information has little or
nothing to do with the main topic. |
Diagrams &
Illustrations |
Diagrams and illustrations are
neat, accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
Diagrams and illustrations are
accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
Diagrams and illustrations are
neat and accurate and sometimes add to the reader's understanding of the
topic. |
Diagrams and illustrations are
not accurate OR do not add to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
Internet Use |
Successfully uses suggested
internet links to find information and navigates within these sites
easily without assistance. |
Usually able to use suggested
internet links to find information and navigates within these sites
easily without assistance. |
Occasionally able to use
suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these
sites easily without assistance. |
Needs assistance or
supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within
these sites. |
Paragraph Construction |
All paragraphs include
introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. |
Most paragraphs include
introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. |
Paragraphs included related
information but were typically not constructed well. |
Paragraphing structure was not
clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs. |
Mechanics |
No grammatical, spelling or
punctuation errors. |
Almost no grammatical,
spelling or punctuation errors |
A few grammatical spelling, or
punctuation errors. |
Many grammatical, spelling, or
punctuation errors. |