Scoring Guide for
Immigration/Migration Stories
4 Exemplary
- All criteria for the
Proficient category have been successfully complete
- Immigration/migration
story is exceptionally detailed
- Includes illustrations that enhance
the storyline
3 Proficient
- Story answers a minimum
of six of the questions listed for the assignment
- Has an attention-grabbing
opening and satisfying end
- Reflects an understanding
of why people immigrate/migrate to California
- Story contains rich, descriptive
language
- Show sentence variety
(simple, compound, complex sentences)
- Has been proofread for
meaning, spelling and grammar
- Is "publishable"
(in ink or typed; no smudges, torn edges, or messy corrections
2 Progressing
- Story meets at least
five of the criteria for Proficient
- Needs more work
1 Not Yet Meeting the
Standard
- Story meets less than
five of the criteria for Proficient
- Project should be redone