Journal+Rubric

Below Level ||~ Level 1 (50 - 59%) ||~ Level 2 (60 - 69%) ||~ Level 3 (70 - 79%) ||~ Level 4 (80 - 100%) || Organization and Focus || organization of ideas or events is not clear or unified does not maintain focus on topic or subject || organization of ideas or events is very limited
 * ~ Categories ||~ Below 50%
 * ~ Knowledge and Understanding

maintains limited focus on topic or subject || organization of ideas or events is somewhat clear and unified maintains some focus on topic or subject through most of the response || organization of ideas or events is clear and unified maintains focus on topic or subject through most of the response || organization of ideas or events is clear, logical, and unified maintains clear focus on topic or subject throughout response || Vocabulary Choices Use of Evidence || shows little or no use precise and purposeful vocabulary shows little or no use of information that is relaed to the topic or subject || shows very limited use of precise and purposeful vocabulary shows limited use of information that is related to the topic or subject || shows minimal use of precise and purposeful vocabulary shows some use of information that is related to the topic or subject || shows reasonable use of precise and purposeful vocabulary shows use of information that is related to the topic or subject || shows skillful use of precise and purposeful vocabulary shows use of information that is realted to and clearly supports the topic or subject || Sentence Fluency (sentence length, good flow, rhythm and varied structure) || demonstrates little or no sentence fluency || demonstrates limited sentence fluency || demonstrates some sentence fluency || demonstrates sentence fluency || demonstrates skillful sentence fluency || Rules of writing || has numerous spelling and grammar errors that distract the reader || has several spelling and grammar errors that distract the reader || has some spelling and grammar errors that somewhat distract the reader || has a few spelling and grammar errors that may distract the reader || has no spelling and grammar errors that distract the reader ||
 * ~ Thinking and Inquiry
 * ~ Communication
 * ~ Application