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Writing Process

Student devotes a lot of time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works hard to make the story wonderful.

Student devotes sufficient time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works and gets the job done.

Student devotes some time and effort to the writing process but was not very thorough. Does enough to get by.

Student devotes little time and effort to the writing process. Doesn't seem to care.

Spelling and Punctuation

There are no spelling or punctuation errors in the final draft. Character and place names that the author invented are spelled consistently throughout.

There is one spelling or punctuation error in the final draft.

There are 2-3 spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft.

The final draft has more than 3 spelling and punctuation errors.

Accuracy of Facts

All facts presented in the paper are accurate.

Almost all facts presented in the paper are accurate.

Most facts presented in the paper are accurate (at least 70%).

There are several factual errors in the story.

Requirements

All of the written requirements (# of pages, # of graphics, type of graphics, etc.) were met.

Almost all (about 90%) the written requirements were met.

Most (about 75%) of the written requirements were met, but several were not.

Many requirements were not met.

Title Page

Title page has a graphic or fancy lettering, has the title, author's name, illustrator's name, and the year.

Title page has the title, author's name, illustrator's name, and the year.

Title page has the 3 of the 4 required elements.

Title page has fewer than 3 of the required elements.