FeatureArticleRubric NotYet MeetsStandards ___Allpartsoffeaturearticlearewrittenwith audienceinmind. Communicate Makeideasand informationunderstood mindfulofaudience, purposeandsetting. ___Thefeaturearticleusesappropriatescientific language. ____Sentencesandparagraphsaredescriptiveand interesting.

___Studentisabletodiscussherevidenceandhow itlinksandsupportsherclaim. BePrecise Accuratelyrepresent solutions,ideasand language ___Studentlanguageisclearandspellingand grammar(capitalization,punctuation,runon sentences/sentencefragments)useisconsistent. ExceedsStandards ___Allpartsoffeaturearticlearewrittenwithaudienceinmind. ___Studentuseshighlyengagingandappropriatetermsand language. ___Sentencesandparagraphs,andlanguagearevariedand interesting. __Studentsdiscussionstronglylinksandsupportsherclaim. Sheshowsanextremelyinsightfulanalysisofthetopic.

___StudentmeetsallcriteriaforMeetsStandards. ___Studentsuccessfullyintegrateshigherlevelvocabularyand grammartechniquesintowriting.

Discern View,read,andlisten withfocusedattentionto whatmatters.

___Thestudentdevelopshertopicwithfacts,details, quotations,orotherspecificinformationfromdifferent sources,buttheevidencechosencouldbestronger andmoreprecise.

___Thestudentusesthemosteffective,relevant,and persuasivefacts,details,andquotations.

Conclude Infermeanings,analyze informationanddevelop validideasbasedon evidenceandanalysis.

___Fromtexts,studentmakesreasonableinferences andpresentsvalidideas. ___Studentcomparesandconnectsideasof multipleauthors. ___Studentdevelopsideasbasedonacquired knowledgefromobservationsandtexts.

___StudentmeetsallcriteriaforMeetsStandards. ___Studentmakesmeaningful,interesting,inferencesand presentscompellingideas. ___Studentdrawsmeaningfulconnectionsbetweenideasof multipleauthors. ___Duringworkperiods,studentrequiresnoteacher redirection. ___Assignmentshowstheuseofthewritingprocess(includes outlineanddrafts). ___Throughextensiveinvestigation,studentlocates interesting,credible,andrelevantsources. ___Studentusesprecisiontoextractthemostrelevant evidencefromsources.

Plan Makedeliberateplans, reflect,andperseverein ordertoachievegoals.

___Duringworkperiods,studentisontaskmostof thetime,butmayneedsometeacherredirection. ___Assignmentshowstheuseofthewritingprocess (includesoutlineanddrafts). ___Studentperformsresearch,findingcredible sourcesandextractingrelevantevidence. ___Studentusesprecisiontoextractthemost relevantevidencefromsources.

Investigate Askandrefinea researchablequestion, andthengather appropriateinformation tocompletetheinquiry.