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Grade 8 Geography: Climate Graph Assignment
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Knowledge and Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates
Understanding limited some good excellent
Climate Graph: Temperature understanding. understanding. understanding. understanding.
and precipitation data
represented /calculated Many errors. Some errors. Very few errors. No errors.
accurately.
Thinking Answers have Answers have Answers are Answers have
Demonstrates planning, limited detail some detail with detailed with much detail with
organization and detail in and/or limited limited support. support. support.
answers. support.
Communication Graph is not neat Graph is not neat Graph is neat and Graph is very neat
Graph includes title, labels and/or missing and/or missing includes all and includes all
and is neat and easy to read. some components. some components. components. components.
Ideas are clear and easy to Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are clear. Ideas are very
understand. somewhat clear. somewhat clear. Uses geographic clear.
Uses geography terminology. Uses limited Uses some terminology Uses geographic
geographic geographic effectively. terminology with
terminology. terminology. much
effectiveness.
Application
Applies geographic Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates
knowledge of factors limited ability to some ability to good ability to excellent ability to
affecting climate (landforms, apply geographic apply geographic apply geographic apply geographic
latitude, proximity to water, knowledge to new knowledge to new knowledge to new knowledge to new
altitude, etc.) to suggest contexts. contexts. contexts. contexts.
possible locations of climate
data.