Category

Exceeds Standards

Above Grade Level

Meets Standards

Below Grade Level

Written Presentation

Written work contains facts, graphics, and/or word choices that make the

presentation exceptionally interesting and informative.

Written work contains facts, graphics, and/or word choices that make the presentation interesting and informative.

Written work contains some facts and/or graphics or word choices that make the presentation marginally interesting.

Written work does not contain evidence of understanding of the content and does not contain facts and/or graphics or word choices that might make it interesting or informative.

Use of Internet Resources

Reading of internet resources was thorough.

Reading of internet resources was fairly thorough.

Reading of internet resources was incomplete.

Reading of internet resources was not done.

Spelling and Proofreading

No spelling or grammar errors remain in the final PowerPoint presentation.

No spelling or grammar errors remain in the final PowerPoint presentation.

No more than 1-2 spelling or grammar errors remain in the final PowerPoint presentation.

Several spelling or grammar errors remain in the final PowerPoint presentation.

Technology: PowerPoint

PowerPoint addresses all questions; information is legible and design and function of each slide is exceedingly attractive and appealing to the audience.

PowerPoint addresses all questions; information is legible and design and function of each slide is attractive and appealing to the audience.

PowerPoint addresses most of the questions; information is legible and design and/or function of most of the slides appeals to the audience.

PowerPoint does not sufficiently address the questions; information is minimal and design and function of the slides is lacking in technical expertise.

Contribution to Group Effort

Each person in the group has contributed in a significant way to the reading, discussions, writing, and group presentation.

Each person in the group has contributed to the reading, discussions, writing, and group presentation.

Each person in the group has contributed to the reading, discussions, writing, and group presentation with some minimal assistance from peers.

One or more students in the group required quite a lot of assistance from peers before contributing to the reading, discussions, writing, and/or group presentation.