Research Report : Immigration in the 19th & 20th Century Newspaper Article on

Immigration

CATEGORY
Ideas & Content

Historical Evidence

4 Excellent

3 Very Good

2 Satisfactory

1 Needs Improvement

The time, place and

atmosphere of each three
stories are ignited and
brought alive.
Experiences of
immigration and values of
characters (fictional and
non-fictional) are vividly
described and refers to
relevant, historically
accurate details.
Acquires and conveys
excellent knowledge and
skills of 3 newly acquired
immigration material from
the text set and presents
their specific information
of their countrys
immigration extensively,
clearly and creatively
within their article field
and title.

The time, place and atmosphere

of each three stories are
revealed well. Experience of
immigration and values of
characters are included, but not
in great detail. Some details may
not be historically accurate.

The time, place and atmosphere

of each three stories are clear,
but very concise or in list format.
Lack of experience of
immigration and values of
characters are included. There is
no attempt to include historically
accurate facts and details.

The setting of newspaper articles are

unclear, unspecific and vague. The
characters experiences of
immigration and values are often
historically inaccurate and there is not
sufficient text written to judge
personal ideas and content.

Acquires and conveys good

knowledge and skills of 3 newly
acquired immigration material
from the text set and presents
their specific information of their
countrys immigration visibly and
in accordance with their specific
article field and title.

Acquires and conveys a

satisfactory level of knowledge
and skills of less than 3 newly
acquired immigration material
from the text set and presents
their specific information of their
immigration acceptably, while
misplacing some descriptions
with other article fields and title.

Acquires and conveys an insufficient

level of knowledge and skills of less
than 3 newly acquired immigration
material and presents vague
information of their country, which
may be ambiguous with their article
field and title.

Use of Literature &

Sources

Writing Style &

Vocabulary

Mechanics &
Grammar

Utilizes at least three of

the six chosen disciplinary
unit literature effectively to
reference and enhance
their knowledge on
Immigration. At least 1
visual or electronic source
is also used
commendably for the
article.
At least three strong
paragraphs with indents
and individually
highlighted themes. Voice,
Tone and word choice are
very striking and strong,
showing an avid writing
personality and character
feelings.

Utilizes at least three of the six

chosen disciplinary unit literature
quite skilfully to reference their
knowledge on immigration. The
use of at least 1 visual or
electronic source are also used
for the article to some extent.

Utilizes a disciplinary unit

literature text satisfactorily to
reference their knowledge on
immigration. A visual or
electronic source may not be
referenced sufficiently for the
article, with decreased quality in
sources.

Utilizes a disciplinary unit literature

text insufficiently and there is little
reference to their newly formed
knowledge on immigration. A visual or
electronic source has not been
referenced and referred to sufficiently
and there is significant decreased
quality in sources.

Three strong, themed

paragraphs with indents are
written with individually
highlighted themes. Voice, tone
and word choice are engaging,
showing a keen writing
personality and character
feelings.

Written less than three

paragraphs, with unclear and
unspecific themes individually
highlighted for each area. Voice,
tone and word choice may be
slightly uninspired and colorless,
with a lack of direction towards
the feelings of characters.

Incorrect paragraph format is utilized

and there are no specific and
individual themes highlighted. Voice,
tone and word choice include too
much repitition, inappropriate
informality and some charactizations
appear quite confusing.

The presented newspaper

article has been well
written with no noticeable
grammatical and
structural errors and is
corrected in the
appropriate format. The
student utilizes
paragraphs, punctuation
and visual sources
correctly suitably.

The presented newspaper article

has been written well, with minor
grammatical and structural errors
and is corrected in an acceptable
format. The student shows an
acceptable knowledge of
paragraphs, punctuation and
visual sources fittingly.

The newspaper article has been

presented correctly and written
to a satisfactory level. The
quality of writing is acceptable,
with noticeable errors. The
student shows a satisfactory
knowledge of paragraphs,
punctuation and visual sources
passably.

The newspaper article is not

presented in the correct format and
the quality of writing is unacceptable
and there are some references
missing from the article.