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Book Recommendations..3
Daily 5 Materials/Keywords5
Daily 5 Foundation Lessons....6
CAFE...9
Task Cards/Book Projects..10
Book Recommendations
Most of the following book recommendations are new releases and may still be in the printing/
publishing stages. All of these books deal with different indigenous issues or are by indigenous
authors. These would be great resources to incorporate into classroom libraries and the Daily 5
centers.
o Colonialism
Those Who Run in the Sky by Aviaq Johnston
o Historical Fiction
o Coming-of-age
7 Generations Book Series by David Alexander Robertson
o Historical Fiction
o Graphic Novel
o Indigenous Issues
Will I See? By David Alexander Robertson
o Realistic Fiction
o Graphic Novel
o Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
Fire Starters by Jennifer Storm
o Realistic Fiction
Week 2 Focus:
Read-to-Someone
Check for Understanding
o One student will read for a period of time then stops.
o Other student restates the who and what of the passage that was read.
o Students switch roles.
o Add strategy to CAFE menu.
How Partners Read
o Same book:
I read, you read. One student reads a page or two alternating when
finished.
Choral read. Partners read the same section at the same time and discuss
afterwards.
o Different Books:
I read, you read. Each student holds and reads from their own book using a
bookmark or finger to hold the place.
How to Get Started
o Manners: one partner asks if the other would like to start in which the other
partner must respond yes, thank you.
o Rock, Paper, Scissors: the winner chooses which book is read first.
o Lets Make a Deal: one partner asks to either go first or second. The next time
they do Daily 5 the other partner gets to choose.
Coaching or Time
o What is a coach? Coaches give encouragement and time in some instances while
giving clues and help in others.
o When partner comes to a word they are stuck on, silently count to three.
o Ask: Do you want coaching or time?
o Figure out what strategy would best help your partner understand the word they
are stuck on in case they need coaching.
o Coach when they ask for help.
Choosing a Partner
o Mouths closed, hands up.
o Walk to another person who had their hand up.
o Ask politely if they will be your partner.
o Partner says Yes I would, thank you.
o Ask other people who are not your friends.
Listen-to-Reading
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Week 3 Focus:
Word-Work
Set Up and Clean Up Materials
o Introduce and demonstrate how to use each material at the station.
o Show how you expect the materials to be put away for the next person to use.
Choosing Materials
o Ask students to think about each material as they use them. Which one best helps
you remember the words you are practicing?
o Pick the top two ways and use them frequently.
CAFE
The CAFE system is a visual board that reminds students of different strategies to help their
reading comprehension, accuracy, fluency and expanding vocabulary. It is used in tandem with
the Daily 5 framework and is expanded gradually throughout the year. Do not introduce students
too many at once. Ensure you give students the appropriate amount of time to master each
strategy before introducing the next one. Each of the following strategies should be explained,
modelled and practiced as a class regularly.
Comprehension
Accuracy
Fluency
Cross-checking
Use pictures
Use beginning and ending sounds
Blend sounds
Flip sounds
Chunk letters and sounds together
Skip the word
Trade a word
Recognize sight words
Expanding Vocabulary
Voracious reading
Reread text
Practice sight/high frequency words
Adjust reading rates
Use punctuation
Read like the author
Voracious reading
Use new words in speaking/writing
Use prior knowledge to predict
meaning
Use pictures, diagrams and
illustrations
Use word parts
Ask someone
Use reference materials
For an in-depth explanation of each strategy please refer to the following website:
https://www.thedailycafe.com/daily-5
Task Cards
The following task cards are literacy based activities that can also be used as
formative or summative assessments. Although there is not a center that promotes
these activities during The Daily 5, teachers can easily use these as projects to help
enhance student engagement or add it as another center during this time period.
Most task cards are designed to be post-reading projects that students can select from
and complete autonomously. Each task card is easily modified and comes with a
simple rubric that is ready to use.
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Rubric
4
Understanding
of character
Effort in design
Creativity in
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent effort
in design
Excellent
Good effort in
design
Good creativity
Some effort in
design
Some creativity
Limited effort in
design
Limited creativity
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expressing
character
Neatness, artistic
quality and
technique
creativity
Very neat,
excellent artistic
quality and
technique
Adequately neat,
artistic quality and
technique
Book Jacket
Recreate the book jacket of your book or create a new book jacket about
a related topic to your book.
Think of a title. Look at different book jackets and notice where
pictures and information are located.
Trim and fold a sheet of construction paper to get a size and shape
thats right for your book.
Sketch your design on the paper. Write information (you!) on the
back inside flap.
On the inside front flap, write a short summary of the book without
giving away the ending.
Create your jacket.
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Understanding
of literary
elements
Effort in design
and summary of
book
Interest and
creativity
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent effort
in design and
book summary
Good effort in
design and book
summary
Some effort in
design and book
summary
Limited effort in
design and book
summary
Excellent
creativity and
Good creativity
and interest
Limited creativity
and interest
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Format,
grammar,
neatness, visual
appeal
interest
Proper format,
almost no
mechanical
errors. Very
neat, excellent
visual appeal
Good format,
few mechanical
errors. Neat,
good visual
appeal
Adequate format,
less than six
mechanical errors.
Adequately neat,
adequate visual
appeal
No clear format,
many mechanical
errors. Messy and
poor visual appeal
Rubric
Author Introduction
Imagine that the author of your book will visit your classroom. Its your
job to introduce him or her.
Rubric
4
Excellent
Good knowledge
Some
Limited
Knowledge of
knowledge
knowledge
knowledge
basic facts of
author
Very informative Informative and
Somewhat
Not interesting
Speech
and
interesting
interesting
informative
and
or informative
content:
interesting
information
and style
Excellent effort,
Significant
Some effort,
Limited effort or
Effort and
genuine
interest
effort,
some
adequate
interest
interest
interest
interest
Format,
Proper
Good paragraph
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Adequate
No clear format,
neatness,
mechanics
paragraph
format, very
neat, and no or
almost no
mechanical
errors
paragraph
format,
adequately neat,
less than six
mechanical
errors
messy, many
mechanical
errors
New Words
Find four to six words in your book that you didnt know before. Look
them up in a dictionary.
Write down the word and definition in a notebook.
Write the meaning of each word using your own words.
Write the word in a different sentence.
Make flash cards, with a word on one side and its dictionary meaning on
the other side. Use the flashcards to teach a friend and/or quiz them.
Rubric
Care and
completeness
in following
directions
Effort in
choosing
appropriate
words
Effort and
interest
Format,
neatness and
mechanics
Excellent care
and
completeness
Limited
evidence of care
or completeness
Excellent choice
of appropriate
words
Good choice of
appropriate
words
Some words
appropriately
chosen
Limited
appropriate
words chosen
Excellent effort,
genuine interest
Some effort or
interest
Limited effort or
interest
Proper
dictionary
format, very
Good dictionary
format, neat, few
mechanical
Adequate
dictionary
format,
No clear format,
messy, many
mechanical
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neat, no or
almost no
mechanical
errors
errors
adequately neat,
less than six
mechanical
errors
errors
Rubric
Understandin
g of setting
and events
Effort in
design detail
Creativity in
designing and
completing
map
Neatness,
effectiveness
in
representing
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent effort
Good effort
Some effort
Limited effort
Excellent
creativity
Good creativity
Some creativity
Limited
creativity
Very neatly
drawn, very
effective
Neatly drawn,
effective
Adequately
neat, somewhat
effective
Not neatly
drawn, not
effective
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setting or
journey
Rubric
Understandin
g of literary
elements
Use of
imagination
and creativity
in explanation
Effort and
personal
involvement
Format,
Neatness,
Mechanics
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent use of
imagination and
creativity
Good use of
imagination and
creativity
Adequate use of
imagination and
creativity
Limited use of
creativity and
imagination
Excellent effort
and genuine
personal
involvement
Proper format,
very neat, no or
almost no
mechanical
errors
Adequate effort
and some
personal
involvement
Adequate
format,
adequately neat,
less than six
mechanical
Limited effort or
personal
involvement
Good format,
neat, few
mechanical
errors
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No clear format,
messy and many
mechanical
errors
errors
Travel Brochure
What is the setting in your book? Is it set in Australia? India? Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? You will create a travel brochure
that describes the setting in your book.
If you can, research the area where your book takes place. If you
cant because it is fictional, imagine what it would be like to go
there
Create a travel brochure that includes facts, things to see/do as well
as pictures or illustrations
Persuade your reader to visit that place
Understandin
g of Setting
Attention to
detail
Creativity in
design
Appearance,
effectiveness
in generating
interest, and
mechanics
Rubric
3
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Great attention
to detail
Good attention
to detail
Some attention
to detail
Excellent
creativity
Good creativity
Some creativity
Limited
attention to
detail
Limited
creativity
Very neatly
presented and
effective with
no or almost no
mechanical
errors
Neatly
presented,
effective with
few mechanical
errors
Somewhat
neatly
presented,
somewhat
effective with
less than six
mechanical
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Messy,
ineffective and
many
mechanical
errors
errors
How To
Write and illustrate step-by-step instructions for doing something related
to your book. It might be preparing for a tornado, planting a garden,
pitching a fast ball, etc.
Choose your subject
o Is there a skill or activity in the book that is explained in
detail?
o Something a person learns to do in the book?
o Something related to the book that you already know how to
do well?
o Something you think a person in the book needed to learn?
Break the skill down into five steps that someone who has never
done it before could do. List any equipment or materials needed.
Write and illustrate your instructions
Rubric
4
3
Understandin
g of subject
matter
Effort in
choosing
related topic
Clarity of
instructions
and
illustrations
Format,
neatness,
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent effort
Good effort
Some effort
Limited effort
Excellent clarity
Good clarity
Adequate clarity
Unclear
Proper
instructional
format, very
Good
instructional
format, neat,
Adequate
instructional
format,
Poor
instructional
format, messy,
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grammar
neat, no or
almost no
mechanical
errors
few mechanical
errors
adequately neat,
less than six
mechanical
errors
many
mechanical
errors
Rubric
4
Excellent
Good
Some
Limited
Understanding
understanding
understanding
understanding
understanding
of literary
elements
Very
Appropriate
Somewhat
Not appropriate
Appropriateness
appropriate
appropriate
of new concept
to book
Excellent
Good
Adequate
Limited
Imagination in
imagination
and
imagination
and
imagination
and
imagination,
choice and
explanation
explanation
explanation
poor
explanation
Format,
neatness,
mechanics
Proper
paragraph
format, very
neat no or
almost no
mechanical
errors
Good paragraph
Adequate
format, neat,
paragraph
few mechanical
format,
errors
adequately neat,
less than six
mechanical
errors
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explanation
No clear
format, messy,
many spelling
or mechanical
errors
Rubric
Understanding
of literary
elements
Effort in
identifying and
relating key
topics and
ideas
Format,
neatness and
mechanics
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Great effort
Good effort
Adequate effort
Limited effort
Proper web
format, very
neat, no or
almost no
Good web
format, neat,
few mechanical
errors
Adequate web
format,
adequately neat,
less than six
No clear format,
messy, many
mechanical
errors
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mechanical
errors
mechanical
errors
Character Description
Describe the main character in your book using at least six adjectives.
Think about the main character his or her age, appearance,
personality, talents, problems, friends, and family etc. Write down
every adjective that comes to mind.
Choose six to ten adjectives that tell the most about that person.
Write a description based on those adjectives either in paragraph
form or as a poem.
Rubric
Understandin
g of character
Effort in
choosing
words
Imagination in
interpreting
and describing
character
Format,
neatness,
mechanics
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent effort
Good effort
Some effort
Limited
imagination
Excellent
imagination
Good
imagination
Some
imagination
Limited
imagination
Proper format,
very neat, no or
almost no
mechanical
errors
Good format,
neat, few
mechanical
errors
Adequate
format,
adequately neat,
less than six
mechanical
No clear format,
messy, many
mechanical
errors
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errors
Collage
Write the title of your book in the middle of a piece of drawing or poster
paper. Make a collage by arranging words, pictures and quotes around it
that express things about your book. Think about the setting, people,
tone, theme etc.
Start by making notes about words and images that relate to your
book
Add to your collage with your own writing and drawing, paste in
words and images from magazines, or use clip art printed from a
computer
Arrange the words and images around the title in patterns that are
visually appealing
Rubric
Understandin
g of literary
elements
Effort in
choice of
words and
images
Creativity in
representing
book
Neatness,
artistic and
visual appeal
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent effort
Good effort
Some effort
Limited effort
Excellent
creativity
Good creativity
Adequate
creativity
Limited
creativity
Very neat,
excellent artistic
and visual
appeal
Neat, good
artistic and
visual appeal
Adequately
neat, some
artistic and
visual appeal
Messy, little
artistic or visual
appeal
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Book Review
Pretend you are a book reviewer for your local newspaper. Write a
review of your book.
List the title and author
Tell briefly what the book is about
Explain why or why not you would recommend this to a friend
Rubric
4
Excellent
Understandin
understanding
g of literary
elements
Very accurate
Accuracy of
book
description
Genuine
Personal
personal
involvement,
involvement,
effort in
excellent effort
expressing and
defending
opinion
Proper format,
Format,
very
neat, nor or
neatness and
almost no
mechanics
mechanical
errors
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Accurate
Somewhat
accurate
Not accurate
Good personal
involvement,
adequate effort
Some personal
involvement,
adequate effort
Limited
personal
involvement or
effort
Good format,
neat, few
mechanical
errors
Adequate
format,
adequately neat,
less than six
mechanical
errors
No clear format,
messy, many
mechanical
errors
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Personal Journal
Pretend you are a person or animal in your book. Choose a major event
from your book and write a journal entry as if you were that person or
animal. Tell what happened and write down your thoughts and feelings
about the event. Also tell the reader what you plan to do in the future
because of what happened.
Rubric
Understandin
g of literary
elements
Care in
relating
thoughts to
book
Personal
involvement,
effectiveness
in relating
book to
human
experience
Format,
neatness,
mechanics
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent care
Good care
Adequate care
Limited care
Genuine
personal
involvement,
very effective
Significant
personal
involvement,
effective
Some personal
involvement,
somewhat
effective
Limited
personal
involvement,
not effective
Proper journal
format, very
neat, no or
almost no
mechanical
Good journal
format, neat,
few mechanical
errors
Adequate
journal format,
adequately neat,
less than six
mechanical
No clear format,
messy, many
mechanical
errors
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errors
errors
Advice Columnist
Choose a person in your book who faces a difficult decision or problem.
Write a letter he or she might send to an advice columnist and the
response you think the advice columnist would give.
Rubric
4
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Understanding
of character and
situation
Very
Appropriate
Somewhat
Not appropriate
Appropriateness
appropriate
appropriate
of character and
situation choice
Genuine
Significant
Adequate
Limited
Personal
personal
personal
personal
personal
involvement,
involvement,
involvement,
involvement,
involvement,
wisdom of
excellent
good
some
imagination or
response,
imagination and imagination and imagination and wisdom, limited
imagination,
wisdom, great
wisdom, good
wisdom, some
empathy
and empathy
empathy
empathy
empathy
Proper
letter
Good
letter
Adequate
letter
No clear
Format,
format, very
format, neat,
format,
format, messy,
neatness,
neat, no or
few mechanical adequately neat,
many
mechanics
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almost no
mechanical
errors
errors
mechanical
errors
Personal Goal
Think about the themes in your book. Write one personal goal youd like
to set because of reading this book. It could be about something you
want to learn or do, a habit youd like to change, etc. Perhaps you are
going to try harder to recycle after reading about landfills.
Explain how your goal relates to your book and write at least four steps
youll take toward achieving your goal.
Rubric
Understanding
of theme
Appropriateness
of related goal
Personal
involvement,
quality of
reasoning
Format,
neatness,
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Very
appropriate
Appropriate
Somewhat
appropriate
Not appropriate
Genuine
personal
involvement,
excellent
reasoning
Good format,
very neat,
mechanical
Significant
personal
involvement,
good reasoning
Some personal
involvement,
adequate
reasoning
Limited
personal
involvement,
poor reasoning
Good format,
neat, few
mechanical
Adequate
format,
adequately neat,
No clear
format, messy,
many
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mechanics
errors
errors
mechanical
errors
One-Person Show
Is your book about a person from history? Create a short one-person
show in which you act like the person, doing something for which he or
she is remembered. Dress up like the person and act out a scene from the
book. Write a script for a narrator to read while you act.
Rubric
Understandin
g of character
and plot
Effort in
choosing
content,
words, and
actions
Personal
involvement,
empathy,
creativity in
expressing
character
Excellent
understanding
of character and
plot
Excellent effort
in choosing
content, words,
and actions
Good
understanding
of character and
plot
Good effort in
choosing
content, words,
and actions
Some
understanding
of character and
plot
Some effort in
choosing
content, words,
and actions
Limited
understanding
of character and
plot
Limited effort in
choosing
content, words,
and actions
Genuine
personal
involvement and
empathy,
excellent
creativity of
expression
Significant
personal
involvement,
good empathy,
good creativity
of expression
Some personal
involvement,
little empathy,
little creativity
of expression
Little personal
involvement,
empathy, or
creativity of
expression
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Preparation,
effectiveness
of
presentation
Show very
carefully
prepared, very
effectively
represents
character
Show carefully
prepared,
effectively
represents
character
Show
adequately
prepared,
somewhat
represents
character
Show not
carefully
prepared, does
not effectively
represent
character
Rubric
Understandin
g of characters
Effort in
choosing
characters and
descriptive
words and
phrases
Quality of
analysis
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Great effort
Significant
effort
Some effort
Limited effort
Excellent
analysis
Good analysis
Adequate
analysis
Poor analysis
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Format,
neatness,
mechanics
Proper Venn
diagram format,
very neat, no or
almost no
mechanical
errors
Good Venn
diagram format,
neat, few
mechanical
errors
Adequate Venn
diagram format,
adequately neat,
less than six
mechanical
errors
No clear format,
messy, many
mechanical
errors
Rubric
4
Understanding
of theme and
tone
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Cooperation
with partner
Creativity in
expression
Excellent
cooperation
Good
cooperation
Adequate
cooperation
Limited
cooperation
Strong
creativity
Good creativity
Adequate
creativity
Limited
creativity
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Preparation,
effectiveness of
performance in
expressing
book
Very carefully
prepared,
effective
Carefully
prepared,
effective
Adequately
prepared,
somewhat
effective
Poorly prepared,
not effective
Rubric
Understandin
g of literary
elements
Cooperation
with
classmates
Relevance of
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent
cooperation
Good
cooperation
Adequate
cooperation
Poor
cooperation
Strongly
Relevant
Somewhat
Not relevant
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questions
Effectiveness
of discussion
in reviewing
book
relevant
Very effective
Effective
relevant
Somewhat
effective
Not effective
Rubric
Understandin
g of literary
elements
Cooperation
with
classmates
Personal
involvement,
effort in
choosing
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent
cooperation
Good
cooperation
Adequate
cooperation
Limited
cooperation
Genuine
personal
involvement,
excellent effort
Good personal
involvement,
good effort
Some personal
involvement,
some effort
Limited
personal
involvement or
effort
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passage
Effectiveness
in explaining
passage
Very effective
Effective
Somewhat
effective
Not effective
Rubric
4
Understanding
of plot
development
Appropriateness
of events,
accuracy of
detail
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Very
appropriate
events, very
accurate
Appropriate
events, almost
all details are
accurate
Events not
appropriate,
few details are
accurate
Creativity of
decoration
Cooperation
with classmates
Excellent
creativity
Good creativity
Somewhat
appropriate
events, almost
all details are
accurate
Adequate
creativity
Excellent
cooperation
Good
cooperation
Adequate
cooperation
Poor
cooperation
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Limited
creativity
Format,
neatness,
mechanics
Adequate time
line format,
adequately neat,
less than six
mechanical
errors
No clear
format, messy,
many
mechanical
errors
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent effort
Good effort
Some effort
Limited effort
Excellent
creativity
Good creativity
Some creativity
Limited
creativity
Very well
prepared, very
effective
Well prepared,
effective
Adequately
prepared,
somewhat
effective
Poorly prepared,
not effective
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in
representing
the book
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Good
cooperation
Adequate
cooperation
Poor
cooperation
Questions
mostly
appropriate,
almost all
details are
Questions
adequately
appropriate,
some details
are accurate
Questions not
appropriate,
few details are
accurate
Understanding
of literary
elements
Excellent
Cooperation
cooperation
with classmates
Appropriatenes Questions very
s of questions, appropriate, all
details are
accuracy of
accurate
detail
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accurate
Game board
design,
neatness,
mechanics
Excellent
design, very
neat, no or
almost no
mechanical
errors
Good design,
neat, few
mechanical
errors
Adequate
design,
adequately
neat, less than
six mechanical
errors
Poor design,
messy, many
mechanical
errors
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Understandin
g of literary
elements
Cooperation
with
classmates
Variety and
creativity in
choosing and
creating
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent
cooperation
Good
cooperation
Adequate
cooperation
Poor
cooperation
Excellent
variety and
creativity
Good variety
and creativity
Some variety
and creativity
Limited
variety and
creativity
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articles
Effectiveness
of newsletter
in
representing
the book
Very effective
Effective
Somewhat
effective
Not effective
Understandin
g of literary
elements
Cooperation
with
classmates
Creativity of
adaptation
Effectiveness
of
performance
at expressing
scene
Excellent
understanding
Good
understanding
Some
understanding
Limited
understanding
Excellent
cooperation
Good
cooperation
Adequate
cooperation
Poor
cooperation
Excellent
creativity
Good
creativity
Some
creativity
Limited
creativity
Very effective
Effective
Somewhat
effective
Not effective
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