Beginning
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Developing
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Accomplished
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Exemplary
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Score

Utilize available resources to find appropriate topic information

Explored very few websites listed and included minimal information in task completion.

Explored some to of the websites listed and utilized some information in task completion.

Explored most of the websites listed and utilized adequate information when completing tasks.

Explored all of the websites listed and included large amounts of significant information in task completion.

Complete brainstorm analyzing thoughts and feelings of elderly, including strengths & weaknesses

Completed minimal parts of brainstorm or did not analyze thoughts and feelings and did not identify areas of strengths & weakness.

Completed some of brainstorm and listed thoughts and feelings but did not fully analyze areas of strengths & weakness.

Completed most of brainstorm and adequately analyzed thoughts and feelings. May/may not have identified areas strengths & weakness.

Completed brainstorm.  Thoroughly analyzed thoughts and feelings, and identified areas strengths & weakness

Analyze common struggles and worries of the elderly to identify possible solutions

Incorrectly analyzed struggles and worries. Or, did not identify struggles and worries

Analyzed struggles and worries. Identified struggles and worries with major parts missing.

Accurately analyzed struggles and worries. Identified appropriate solution options, but parts were missing or weren't thorough.

Accurately and thoroughly analyzed struggles and worries. Identified appropriate solution options with relevance.

Create and conduct an interview to summarize your findings

Interview was incomplete or not done. No effort made to complete or create questions.

Interview was completed with minimal information. Interview did not contain any relevant information and large amounts of information was missing.

Interview questions were completed with adequate and accurate information. Interview did not contain any relevant information and/or some information was missing.

Interview was thorough and well presented. Relevant information was used appropriately and all information was accurate.

Create a thoughtful letter to your future self, using the letter template.

Letter was incomplete or contained no thoughtful information.

Letter was somewhat completed with few template suggestions included, which may/may not have been thoughtfully written.

Letter was adequately completed but template suggestions were not accurately or thoughtfully written.

Letter was thoroughly and accurately completed with all template suggestions identified. Student included additional thoughtful material in letter.