The Watsons Go to Birmingham - The Other Birmingham

Vocabulary Detectives Scoring Guide

4 Exemplary

• Vocabulary chart meets the criteria for Proficient 
• Attached to vocabulary chart is one example from a printed source (newspaper, web page, magazine, another novel) of a word from the chart used in context with the same meaning

3 Proficient

• Vocabulary chart contains at least 12 “chicken,” “rooster,” and “eagle” words
• Chart includes the actual sentence from the novel (with page number), for each word
• Words and sentences are accurately copied

2 Progressing

• Vocabulary chart contains than 8-11 “chicken,” “rooster,” and “eagle” words
• Chart includes less than 8-11 actual sentences from the novel
• No more than 3 spelling errors in sentences

1 Not Yet Meeting the Standards

• Vocabulary chart contains less than 8 “chicken,” “rooster,” and “eagle” words
• Chart contains less than 8 actual sentences from the novel
• More than 3 spelling errors in sentences