works toward group goals only when prompted

contributes to the group only when porompted

needs occasional reminders to be sensitive to the feelings of others

paritipcates in needed changes when prompted and encouraged 

works toward group goals with occasional prompting

contributes to the group with occasional prompting

shows sensitivity to the feelings of others

partifcipates in needed changes, with occasional prompting

consistently and actively works toward group goals

is sensitive to the feelings and learning needs of all group members

willingly accepts and fulfills individual role within the group

consistently and actively contributes knowledge, opinions, and skills

values athe knowledge, opinions, and skills of all group members and encourages their contrributions

helps group identify necessary changes and encourages group action for change

lead boring and doesn't encourage the reader to continue

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information or opinion or steps confusing

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few or no specific details or few or no supporting reasons given

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not written in good paragraphs and lacks logical order or not sequential

many grammar and spelling mistakes

lead written but needs to be more interesting

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little information given or either opinion or steps are somewhat confusing

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some specific details or only one supporting reason given

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not necessarily written in distinct paragraphs or missing some steps

contains several grammar and spelling mistakes

lead catches the reader's attention

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topic has an angle or position on one issue or steps are clearly stated

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information includes appropriaate facts and details or at least two distinctly different, logical reasons for the stated opinion are given

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separate paragraphs, but point or reason not necessarily in the topic sentence or steps given but not in detail

mostly correct grammar and spelling

strong and interesting lead

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topic has a focus that engages the reader or position demonstrates being knowledgeable on the subject or steps are sequential and given in detail

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objective information includes appropriate facts and details to describe, explain, and anlyze the topic or three different, but logical reasons are preented with an abundant amount of background information about the issue

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each point or reason is a topic sentence of separate paragraphs

all correct grammar and spelling

layout has no structure or organization with few or no graphics

text broken into paragraphs and/or sections, includes graphics but little thought to placement of articles and graphics

excellent use of space

headings, styles, and graphics are consistent and compliment each other

design is intentional and visually appealing and enticing to the reader