Vertical Axis Rates Fluency with which student accurately uses terms with respect to one’s own artwork and creative process.

Horizontal Axis Rates Writing Conventions

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Student’s visual arts process alluded to w/o discussing visual arts compositional elements as discrete functionaries whatsoever.

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Student’s visual arts process and visual arts compositional elements alluded to w/o using proper terms or adequately describing their function.

3

Student discusses the value of three compositional elements of the visual arts, using terms adequately to describe one’s work as a visual artist.

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Student discusses the value of four or more compositional elements of the visual arts, using all terms accurately to describe one’s work as a visual artist.

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Student’s grammar, spelling, and punctuation are so inadequate as to render the reader unable to delineate one thought from another.

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2 5+G 5+S 5+P errors

Student’s Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation are adequate to convey ideas but too many errors to consider its compositional value.

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3 >5G >5S >5P errors

Adequate Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation. Unclear Compositional Structure. Weak Theme development. No apparent Concluding Statement.

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4 >5 G S P total errors

Exceptional Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation. Strong Compositional Structure, & Theme Development (beginning, middle, end). Insightful Concluding Statement.

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