5

4

3

2

Content

An abundance of material clearly related to the topic; points are clearly made and all evidence supports topic; varied use of materials.

Sufficient information that relates to topic; many good points made but there is an uneven balance and little variation.

There is a great deal of information that is not clearly connected to the topic.

Topic not clear; information included that does not support the topic in any way.

Creativity

Presentation; points made in creative way; held the audience’s attention throughout.

Presented facts with some interesting "twists"; held the audience’s attention most of the time.

Some related facts but went off topic and lost the audience; mostly presented facts with little or no imagination.

Incoherent audience lost interest and could not determine the point of the presentation.

Organization

Report presents information in logical sequence.

Report is difficult to follow because it jumps around.

Report cannot be understood because there is no sequence of information.

Mechanics

Report has no misspellings or grammatical errors.

Report has no more than two misspellings and/or grammatical errors.

Report has three misspellings and/or grammerical errors.

Report has four or more spelling errors and/or grammerical errors.

Bibliography

3 or more references.

2 references.

Less than 2 references.

Length of Report

Within 1/4 page of required pages.

Within 1/2 page of required pages.

Within 1 page of required pages.

Not completed.

Distinguished

Proficient

Limited

Attempted