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| Journal:Quantity | Student did not do the journal. | Student had less than two entries at one paragraph each. | Student had two entries at one paragraph each. | Student had three entries but they were not all one paragraph per entry. | Student had three entries, at least one paragraph in length per entry. |
Journal: Justification | The student did not complete the assignment. | The student attempted to express the story or emotion their composition portrayed but left out key information. | The student attempted to express the story or emotion their composition portrayed and how it portrayed it, but I was confused and some information was left out. | The student expressed the emotion or story their composition portrayed but did not fully explain it or did not explain how the composition did so. | The student clearly expressed the emotion or story their composition was to portray and how the composition portrayed it. |
Journal: Quality of Writing | The student had more than 15 grammatical errors or did not complete the assignment. | The student had between 10-15 grammatical errors and/or the essay was not clearly written. | The student had less than 10 grammatical errors and/or some ideas were not clear. | The student had less than 5 grammatical errors and/or some ideas were not clear. | The student had less than 3 grammatical errors and ideas were clearly written. |