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Focused Topic
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The student's information
in the article rambles and does not focus one particular
place
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The student briefly
mentions the topic on their favorite place, but gives
few details
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The student describes
the topic of their favorite place and also gives a couple
of examples describing it
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The student's article
clearly defines topic of their favorite place and goes
into discussing many detailed details about this place
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Gives information
that is unique the students favorite place
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The student never mentions
any unique information
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The student gives very
little unique information
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The student gives some
information that is unique to their favorite place
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The student gives a
great deal of interesting and unique information
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Gives information
about how their favorite place relates to another place
they know
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The student does not
compare their favorite place and another place they
are familiar with
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The student only points
out one or two points of comparison about their favorite
place and another place that is similar
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The student point out
several ways that compare their favorite place and another
place that is similar
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The student shows many
ways that their favorite place can be compared to another
place they know
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Well organized
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The student lacks topic
sentences and has no logical sequence.
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The student's article
has only one topic sentence and its sequence is confusing
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The student's article
includes some topic sentences and is somewhat sequential
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The student has every
section beginning with a clearly stated topic sentence
and the sections follow a logical sequence
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Clear and Understandable
with correct grammar and spelling
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The student's writing
is very difficult to follow and very frequent grammar
and/or spelling errors
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The student's writing
is M=mostly difficult to follow and understand and a
few grammar and/or spelling errors
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The student's writing
is mostly easy to understand and only one or two errors
in spelling/grammar
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The student's writing
is easy to read and follow the information and all grammar
and spelling are correct
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