You will need to see where you come on each of these skills, and put in your score. Then your teacher will do the same. Print this page out so you can fill it in. Don't forget to put your name at the top!

Rate your own performance on these criteria	Not up to scratch 1	OK 2	Great effort! 3	Your evaluation	Teacher evaluation
Research Skills	Could not find relevant information about the topic. When information was found, it was simply copied, and not understood. Information was not organised in any way.	Information was found to cover the requirements of the task. Dot jots were made, but they were very long, and partly copied from the source. Some attempts were made to organise the information.	Information was found from more than one source, and checked against other information. Dot jots were short, and covered the main points. Information was organised in new and interesting ways.	Score is	Score is
Article writing skills	Needs a headline Needs a lead sentence Needs a body of facts Details that do not tell about the same idea	Has a headline Has a lead Has a body but choppy Few details telling about one idea	Headline that grabs your attention A lead sentence to hook the reader A body that gives all the facts in an interesting way Many details that tell about the main idea	Score is	Score is
Editing skills	Many problems making sense No interesting words Incomplete simple sentences Work has many mistakes in punctuation. Sentences don't start with capitals, end with fullstops. Many spelling mistakes, including easy words carelessly written.	Occasional problems making sense 1 or 2 interesting words Mostly complete simple sentences Uses capitals at the beginning of sentences No variety of punctuation Some mistakes with commas and quotations A few mistakes, (no more than 5 per article).	Writing makes sense, no words left out 4 or more vivid interesting words Complete, simple and complex sentences Commas and quotation marks used correctly Uses a variety of punctuation marks (.,?,!,',:) No mistakes with capitals Spelling mostly accurate	Score is	Score is
Design skills	Pictures all on same side of page Font too fancy or too large (over 14pt) Items not separated or set out newspaper style	Pictures not quite balanced properly Font not quite the appropriate size or design, or varies within page Items on page a little confusing to see what belongs to what	Pictures are balanced on the page Appropriate font used (serif, between 10pt and 14pt) Easy to see separation between items on page	Score is	Score is