Performance

Indicator

1

Poor

2

Insufficient

3

Satisfactory

4

Good

5

Excellent

Document organization

No organization

Little evidence of organization with poor transitions

Logical organization with few lapses and acceptable transitions

Logical organization that displays completeness with few lapses in transitions

Exceptional organization and provides effective transitions.

Section content

Demonstrates no focus on the topic.

Demonstrates insufficient focus on the topic and provides few details.

Maintains focus on the topic and provides adequate if minimal details

Maintains good focus on the topic and provides sufficient details

Maintains exceptional focus on the topic and provides ample supporting details

Sentence structure

Does not follow the rules of English grammar.

Many grammatical errors in each paragraph.

Few grammatical errors but displays limited variety in sentence length and structure.

Few grammatical errors and sentences are appropriately varied in length and structure.

No grammatical errors with exceptional, varied, and appropriate sentence structure.

Technical vocabulary

Virtually no command of technical vocabulary.

Limited use of technical vocabulary and makes many errors.

Limited use of technical vocabulary but makes a few errors.

Appropriate use of technical vocabulary; makes few errors;

Exceptional use of technical vocabulary.

Graphical depictions

No graphical depictions

Very few graphical depictions

Uses sufficient graphical depictions but not tied to the text and with poor aesthetics

Appropriate graphical depictions that is tied to the text but with poor aesthetics

Exceptional depiction of graphics that is also aesthetically pleasing.