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Participation

Student eagerly read comic strips and book. Also, student actively and productively participated in class evaluation. Student did the best they could with their given artistic ability.

Student read comic strips and book. Student did not participate in class evaluation or did not demonstrate their understanding through their participation.

Student may have read comic strips but did not attempt to gain an understanding of their book. Student demonstrated an understanding of comic strips during class evaluations.

Student may have read comic strips but did not attempt to gain an understanding of their book. Student did not participate in class evaluation.

Illustrations

Illustrations made use of techniques such as color, shading, setting, and style that reflected the mood of the book. Student did the best they could with their given artistic ability.

Illustrations made use of techniques such as color, shading, setting, and style, but they did not quite reflect the mood of the book. Student did the best they could with their given artistic ability.

Student gave up on illustrations and included no detail, or used a style that did not work for the story.

Student gave up on illustrations, had included no detail, and used a style that did not work for the story.

Captions and quotations

Student's quotations were important to the story and helped retell it in comic strip form. Students captions helped explain the illustrations and retell the story.

Student's quotations were important to the story and helped retell it in comic strip form. Students captions helped explain the illustrations but did not help retell the story.

Some of the students captions and quotations missed the point of the story and failed to explain the illustrations or retell the story

Student's quotations and captions were either made up or chosen at random.

Book report

Student's comic strip demonstrates that they have read and understand their book. Student demonstrates mastery of the details of the story.

Student's comic strip shows they have read and have some understanding their book, but is missing one or two important plot points.

Student's comic strip shows they have read their book but did not understand an important part of the plot or left out the climax or resolution.

Student's comic strip does not demonstrate that they read or understand their book.