CATEGORY

EXEMPLARY

PROFICIENT

PROGRESSING

BEGINNING

Persuasive Qualities

A city has been researched, extensive factual explanations and support for the city are clear and several comparisons with Seattle are successfully made.

A city has been researched, satisfactory factual explanations and support for the city are clear and some comparisons with Seattle are successfully made.

A city has been researched, some factual explanations and support for the city are made but may or may not be clear and/or few comparisons with Seattle are made.

A city has been researched, little factual explanations and support for the city are made but are not clear and/or no comparisons with Seattle are made.

Internet Use

Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sights easily without assistance

Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within the sites easily without assistance

Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within the sites easily without assistance

Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet and/or to navigate within these sites.

Mechanics

No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.

Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

A few grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.

Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.

Sources

All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented and all are in the desired format.

All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in the desired format.

All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in the desired format.

Some sources are not accurately documented.

Notes

Notes are recorded accurately and are organized in an extremely neat and orderly fashion.

Notes are accurate and are recorded legibly and are somewhat organized.

Notes are recorded.

Notes are recorded only with peer/teacher assistance and reminders.

CATEGORY

EXEMPLARY

PROFICIENT

PROGRESSING

BEGINNING

Oral Presentation

Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention and corresponds with Power Point/Movie presentation.

Relatively interesting, rehearsed with a fairly smooth delivery that usually holds audience attention and corresponds with Power Point/Movie presentation.

Delivery not smooth, but able to hold audience attention most of the time and may or may not correspond with the Power Point/Movie presentation.

Delivery not smooth and audience attention lost and/or does not correspond with the Power Point/Movie presentation.

Content

Covers city in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.

Includes essential knowledge about the city. Subject knowledge appears to be good.

Includes essential information about the city but there are 1-2 factual errors.

Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.

Organization

Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.

Content is organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.

Overall organization of topic appears flawed, but uses headings or bulleted lists to organize.

There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.

Power Point Presentation

OR

I-Movie Presentation

12 required slides/frames are present, in order. Text is bulleted as talking points only. Graphics are present and enhance the content.

12 required slides/frames are present, in order. Text is bulleted as talking points only. Graphics are present and may enhance the content.

Less than the 12 required slides/frames are present, may not be in order. Text is unclear and may or not be talking points. Graphics are present and somewhat enhance the content.

Less than the 12 required slides/frames are present, order may be confusing. Text is unclear and is too much for the slide. Graphics may or may not be present and/or detract from the content.

Slide/Frame Requirements

All requirements are met and exceeded.

All requirements are met.

One requirement was not completely met.

More than one requirement was not completely met.

Team Workload

The workload is divided and shared equally by all team members.

The workload is divided and shared fairly by all team members, though workloads may vary from person to person.

The workload was divided, but one person in the group is viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work.

The workload was not divided OR several people in the group are viewed as not doing their fair share of the work.