Project

Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

Knowledge and The student The student The student The student
Understanding demonstrated demonstrates good demonstrates some demonstrates
Understands Content insightfulunderstanding understanding of most understanding of some limitedunderstanding
of both book and content. The student content. The student of content. The studen
course content. The understood what was understood most did not understand
student clearly required. aspects of the project. what was required.
understood what was
required.
Thinking Able to: initiate own Able to: initiate own Struggled to: initiate Was not able to: initiat
learning; solve learning; solve most own learning; solve own learning; solve
Use of problem- problems; use creative/ problems; use creative/ problems; use creative/ problems; use creative
solving skills critical thinking critical thinking critical thinking critical thinking
&creative/critical processes to create processes to create processes to create processes to create
thinking processes final product; reflect on final product; reflect on final product; reflect on final product; reflect on
their learning with a their learning with their learning with their learning with
high degree of considerable some effectiveness. limited effectiveness.
effectiveness. effectiveness.
Communication Able to represent his/ Able to represent his/ Able to represent his/ Able to represent his/
her thinking (visually her thinking(visually her thinking (visually her thinking (visually
Communicate ideas and/or text) with a and/or text) and/or text) with and/or text) with
highdegree of withconsiderable someeffectiveness. limitedeffectiveness.
effectiveness. effectiveness
Communication Exceptional spelling, Very good spelling and Some spelling and Many spelling and
grammar, grammar. Few grammar errors. Some grammar errors. Many
Correct spelling, capitalization, and capitalization and capitalization and capitalization and
grammar, punctuation, punctuation. Sentences punctuation errors. One punctuation errors. punctuation errors.
usage are all well-formed. or two flawed Less than 5 sentences Many sentences show
sentences. show flawed structure. flawed structure.
Application The student makes a The student makes The student makes few The student makes no
variety ofconnections some connections connections between connections between
Making connections between project work between project and project and the world the project and the
and the world outside the world outside the outside the school. world outside the
the school. school. school.