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ON TARGET
ON THE WAY
 clearly written in a way that makes sense
and uses everyday language in a way that
can be understood by 7th graders
 is accurate o the scientific topics being
studied, focus on science meanings
 Clearly contains the word used in a way
connected to science
 Obvious connection with the illustration
 Provides an application of the word by
SHOWING;
 doesn’t explicitly define the word
 Includes interesting vocabulary, including
adjectives and adverbs
 Clear and obvious connection to
sentence
 Shows evidence that preparer considered
AUDIENCE
 Interesting, informative,
 Selected techniques for illustrating that
preparer can do effectively
Part of speech: the use of the word in the
sentence and the form of the word in the
“title” lettering all match
Etymology: prefix, suffix and root are
broken out and meaning is given or a story
for the origins of the word is provided
Sounds-like words: obvious to audience
that the sound of WOW and these words
have same sounds somewhere within words,
more than one is provided
Opposite words: examples provided can be
clearly recognized as opposites or is
explained by preparer in notes on back of
paper.
 preparers words but word
choice and order are not clear
for a seventh grade audience
 may not provide evidence of a
clear understanding
 contains the word though
sentence is less connected to
science
 fewer words in sentence
provide less description and
interest to reader
 some connection to illustration
JUST BEGINNING
 sounds like a dictionary
definition
 not correct
 not included
 oops, doesn’t contain word
 simply defines the word left out
adjectives and adverbs to make
sentence interesting
 connection between sentence
and illustration is not
observable.
 Connection to sentence can be
 cannot observe connection
guessed at
between this and sentence
 evidence of consideration of
 little or no evidence of effort to
audience
help audience “get”the meaning
 may not be as effectively carried
or ideas being illustrated
out as “on target” illustrations
POS—included, matches the ‘title”
word in lettering
Etymology—included, may be
partial and part given is correct
POS—not included, not same as
way word is used in sentence or
title
Etymology—forgot to include it; no
match to the word
Sounds-like words—at least on is
included and clearly sounds in
some way like the given WOW
word
Sounds-like words—forgot to
include or audience cannot see
connections
Opposite words—at least one is
included, requires preparer to
explain but lack notes on back to
accomplish this
Opposite words---forgot to include,
NOT opposite, audience cannot
understand opposite nature and
preparer cannot explain