Rubric Excellent            -gathers relevant, accurate information            -shows thorough understanding of content            -exhibits outstanding insight/creativity            -communicates ideas clearly and effectively            -correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling Good            -gathers sufficient, accurate information            -shows adequate understanding of content            -exhibits reasonable insight/creativity            -communicates most ideas clearly/effectively            -almost always applies correct grammar, capitalization,                      punctuation, and spelling Fair            -gathers limited, accurate information            -shows partial understanding of content            -exhibits limited insight/creativity            -comunicates a few ideas clearly            -usually applies correct grammar, capitalization,                                punctuation, and spelling Poor            -fails to gather accurate information            -shows little or no understanding of content            -does not exhibit insight/creativity            -has difficulty communicating ideas            -numerous errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation,                 and spelling