| Sentences Organization and Structure | Sentences show complexity and understanding of story 15 | Most sentences show complexity and understanding of story 12 | Sentences are mostly grammatically correct 10 | Sentences are poorly constructed and information is choppy 8 |
| General Understanding | Story points are clearly made and sequence is orderly 15 | Most story points are presented; good sequencing 12 | Flow and organization of material is choppy 10 | Little or no order in the presentation 8 |
| Written expression; creativity | Good original critique; captures the reader’s attention 10 | Originality present; does not hold readers attention 8 | Presented with little enthusiasm or originality 6 | No variety 4 |
| Capitalization | No capitalization errors 10 | No more than 2 capitalization errors 8 | 3 capitalization errors 6 | 4 or more capitalization errors 4 |
| Punctuation | No punctuation errors 10 | No more than 2 punctuation errors 8 | 3 punctuation errors 6 | 4 or more punctuation errors 4 |
| Spelling | No spelling errors 10 | No more than 2 spelling errors 8 | 3 spelling errors 6 | 4 or more spelling errors |
| Illustration | Use of drawing and color is varied and attractive with some originality 10 | Drawing and color attractive; little originality 8 | Cover mostly includes the requirements and a partial illustration 6 | Missing one or more of the requirements 4 |
| Penmanship | Slant, form, size and spacing conform to cursive rules 10 | 1 error | 2 errors | 3 errors |
| Overall Report Neatness | Met all report requirements without “smudges” or vigorous cross-outs 10 | Fairly clean cover and report; does not contain erasures, smudges, and vigorous cross-outs 8 | Mostly clean presentation without serious smudges and cross-outs 6 | Careless, untidy presentation; erasures, smudges, cross-outs 4 |