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4	Interprets the information gathered for the death warrant in accurate and highly insightful ways. Provides a highly creative and unique synthesis of the information. Insightfully determines the types of information that will benefit the class and effectively seeks out that information. Analyzes information in detail, accurately and insightfully determining whether it is credible and relevant information that deals with their specific event. Uses the important information gathering techniques and information resources necessary to complete their newspaper articles. Identifies little-known information resources or employs unique information gathering techniques (hint: use technology). Includes all of the required information and completes the assignment on time.
3	Accurately interprets information gathered about their event and concisely synthesizes it. Accurately assesses a task to identify areas requiring additional information for clarification or support and seeks out the needed information. Accurately determines whether information is credible and relevant to a specific task. Uses the important information gathering techniques and information resources necessary to complete the task. Includes most of the required information and completes the assignment on time.
2	Makes some errors in interpreting the gathered information about their event or synthesizes the information imprecisely or awkwardly. Does not accurately assess the information needs of their event and rarely seeks out needed information. Makes some errors in determining whether information is credible and relevant to a specific task. Fails to use some information gathering techniques and information resources necessary to complete the task. . Includes some of the required information and completes the assignment on time.
1	Grossly misinterprets the information gathered for their event or fails to synthesize it. Makes little or no attempt to assess whether a task would benefit from additional information. Makes little or no attempt to determine whether information is credible and relevant to a specific task or totally misjudges the relevance and credibility of information. Fails to use the most important information gathering techniques or the major information resources necessary to complete the research and reading on their topic.. Includes little of the required information and not completed on time.