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CATEGORY

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6

4

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Spelling and Grammar

Children's book has no misspellings or grammatical errors.

Children's book has 1-2 misspellings but no grammatical errors.

Children's book has 1-2 grammatical errors but no misspellings.

Children's book has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors.

Content-Accuracy

All content throughout the children's book is accurate. There are no factual errors.

Most of the content is accurate but there is one piece of information that might be inaccurate.

The content is generally accurate, but one piece of information is clearly flawed or inaccurate.

Content is typically confusing or contains more than one factual error.

Content-Inclusion

All content listed in the project description is included.

Most (99-90%) of the content in the project description is included.

Many (89-75%) of the content items in the project description are included.

Fewer than 75% of the content items in the project description are included.

Content-Clarity

The entire story is related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to understand much more about the topic.

Most of the story is related to the assigned topic. The story wanders off at one point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic.

Some of the story is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic.

No attempt has been made to relate the story to the assigned topic.

Originality

Children's book shows considerable originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in a unique and interesting way.

Children's book shows some originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in an interesting way.

Children's book shows an attempt at originality and inventiveness on 1-2 cards.

Children's book is a rehash of other people's ideas and/or graphics and shows very little attempt at original thought.

Organization

The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions.

The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used.

The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear.

Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged.

Use of illustrations/clip-art/drawings

Illustrations are detailed, attractive, creative and relate to the text on the page.

Illustrations are somewhat detailed, attractive, and relate to the text on the page.

Illustrations relate to the text on the page.

Illustrations are not present.