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Participation Actively
participating
and engaging in
activity the
entire time

Frequently
participated but got
off topic and
became unfocused
at times

Rarely remained
active in this
project, had a
difficult time
completing the task
because of the lack
of attention to the
instruction

Did not engage

in the discussion
or participation
in this project at
all

Creativity

Greatly utilizing
the resources
provided and
created original
work

Shows creativity
and knowledge on
their subject with
minor mistakes.

Shows little
creativity and must
improve on
originality of project

Did not show

any creativity,
project shows
sign of possible
copyright

Effort

Shows great
effort in all
aspects of this
project

Demonstrates
frequent effort but
could use some
improvement

Needs to remain
more focused and
show more effort
into the work done

Little to no
effort was given
for this
assignment

Presentation

Engaged
classmates with
a unique and
entertaining
story and
illustration

Effectively created
a story but could
use improvement
in regards to
fluency and
sentence structure

Shows little effort

into creating an
adequate
presentation, loses
focus and distracts
students from
project

Did not attempt

to present
project, no
apparent desire
to complete
assignment