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Grammar and Students have Students have some Students have few to
Spelling spelling and grammar grammar and spelling no spelling or
mistakes in more than mistakes with only grammar mistakes
two-thirds of their half of the work with appropriate
work with little to no containing punctuation and
punctuation or appropriate capitalization.
capitalization. punctuation and
capitalization.

Organization Students thoughts Students thoughts Students thoughts
show little to no show potential for and writing have a
organization with clear, structured clear, structured
ideas that are organization, but lack organization in which
scattered and lacking consistent, smooth ideas smoothly
clear connections to transitions between transition into one
one another. ideas. another.

Content Students fails to Students display their Students display their
display their nearing understanding of the
understanding of the understanding of the themes of the text
themes of the text themes of the text through their written
through their written through their written and spoken responses
and spoken responses and spoken word with the use of fully
making no claims with the use of some fleshed out textual
that are supported by textual evidence that evidence to support
textual evidence. is fully fleshed out in their claims in
at least half of their majority of their
statements. work.
Animoto Video Students Animoto Students Animoto Students Animoto
videos do not videos share their videos share their
appropriately and findings with the findings clearly and
clearly share their class in a way that appropriately to the
findings with their demonstrates their audience
audience as they fail attempt to display demonstrating their
to demonstrate their their understanding of understanding of the
understanding of the the topic, but is not topic.
topic. entirely clear to at
least half of the
audience.