5 Stars:  Outstanding (or Extending)

• complete and accurate
• organized and detailed
• uses excellent English
• extraordinarily neat and attractive
• shows evidence of great effort
• shows evidence of deep thinking

4 Stars: Very Good (or Proficient)
• complete and accurate
• organized and detailed
• uses very good English
• very neat and attractive
• shows evidence of very good effort
• shows evidence of deep thinking

3.5 Stars: Good (or Developing)
• complete and accurate
• organized and detailed
• uses good English
• neat and attractive
• shows evidence of good effort
• shows evidence of some deep thinking

3 Stars: Satisfactory (or Developing)
• mostly complete and accurate
• somewhat organized and detailed
• uses mostly good English
• reasonably neat
• shows evidence of effort

2.5 Stars: Acceptable (or Emerging)
• partially complete and accurate
• readable
• shows little evidence of written effort
• showed evidence of participation in the class lesson

2 Stars: Not Yet Meeting Expectations (or Emerging)
• mostly incomplete or inaccurate
• shows little evidence of written effort
• showed little evidence of participation in the class lesson