Demonstrates little Demonstrates basic ability Demostrates exceptional knowledge of research to conduct research and ability to research and skills and procedures collect information. synthesize information Demonstrates little ability Demonstrates ability to Demonstrates ability to to assign meaning to assign meaning to assign meaning and information and little information or creative creative thought. creative thought. thought. Ideas are unorganized and Ideas are generally Ideas are organized, incomplete organized and complete. complete, and well expressed Demonstrates little Demonstrates a basic Demonstrates exceptional understanding of understanding persuasive understanding of persuasive and and argumentative writing argumentative writing. argumentative writing Finished product is persuasive and very well written. Demonstrates a lack of Demonstrates basic Demonstrates exceptional understanding of standard knowledge of standard understanding of standard English usage, grammar, English usage, grammar English usage, grammar, and punctuation. Errors and punctuation. There are and punctuation. Work is are numerous. few errors. generally error free. Speech is poorly delivered Speech demonstrates basic Speech is persuasive and and demonstrates lack of understanding of compelling understanding of persuasive speaking persuasive speaking techniques techniques A 28-30 B 24-27 C 19-23 D 15-18 F 15 or below Letters to the Editor/Congressman
Demonstrates little knowledge of research skills and procedures Demonstrates basic ability to conduct research and collect information. Demostrates exceptional ability to research and synthesize information Demonstrates little ability to assign meaning to information and little creative thought. Demonstrates ability to assign meaning to information or creative thought. Demonstrates ability to assign meaning and creative thought. Ideas are unorganized and incomplete Ideas are generally organized and complete. Ideas are organized, complete, and well expressed Demonstrates little understanding of persuasive and argumentative writing Demonstrates a basic understanding persuasive and argumentative writing Demonstrates exceptional understanding of argumentative writing. Finished product is persuasive and very well written. Demonstrates a lack of understanding of standard English usage, grammar, and punctuation. Errors are numerous. Demonstrates basic knowledge of standard English usage, grammar and punctuation. There are few errors. Demonstrates exceptional understanding of standard English usage, grammar, and punctuation. Work is generally error free. Speech is poorly delivered and demonstrates lack of understanding of persuasive speaking techniques Speech demonstrates basic understanding of persuasive speaking techniques Speech is persuasive and compelling A 28-30 B 24-27 C 19-23 D 15-18 F 15 or below Letters to the Editor/Congressman
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