Quality of Work
Emerging Quality Approaching Quality
Striving for Accuracy ● I make corrections or
check my work with help
● I assume I understand
directions, but often find
that I completed the work
incorrectly
● I forget to write down my
assignments
Well-Planned, ● I like to complete my work
Complete & Thorough quickly, so I don’t take
Work time to plan ahead or
review my work
● I sometimes forget to
finish an assignment
● I answer questions with a
few words
Engagement with ● I wait for my teacher to
Material ask me questions in class
Acquisition of ● If I don’t know a word, I
Vocabulary skip over it.
● My teacher tells me what
words I should learn
Meeting = High Quality
● I sometimes check my ● I check my work and correct
work and make errors
corrections ● I follows directions carefully and
● I follow directions and ask for clarification
sometimes ask for ● I record my assignments
clarification carefully and in detail
● I write down assignments
without detail
● I inconsistently show my ● I always show my work, use
work, plan with an outline outlines to plan, add supporting
● I answer questions with details to written work
basic information in ● My work shows that I make
complete sentences. connections
● I come to class with ● I come to class with questions
questions when I am and topics for discussion
assigned to do so ● My work demonstrates
independent thinking
● I memorize content-area ● I learn subject-area vocabulary
vocabulary that I am independently
assigned ● I make it a habit to look up
● I try to guess the unfamiliar vocabulary
meaning of unfamiliar ● I incorporate new vocabulary
vocabulary into my work
● I know how to use a
glossary and dictionary
 Quality of Work
Appropriate Use of ● I copy information for my
Sources work from outside
sources, and do not cite
the sources.
● I list a website or URL
when I use an internet
source
Effective Note Taking ● I have trouble identifying
important information for
notes
● I am learning to take notes
and make outlines
Careful Presentation ● When I complete my work,
I don’t think about
neatness or organization
● I use quotation marks
when I copy language
from sources
● I copy the website or url
from my source when I
use quoted language
● I take notes when and
how I am told to do it
● I can identify important
information to highlight or
underline
● I sometimes organize
and neatly present my
work
● I use sources with integrity by
citing my sources.
● I strive to paraphrase
information accurately.
● I provide accurate attribution for
borrowing the ideas of others
● I annotate or makes notes on
reading
● I take notes in class
independently
● I can organize/record notes
using my own method
● I am careful to organize my
work and present it neatly