Evaluation Rubric
Exceeds Expectations Meets Expectations
__Finish assigned reading
and journal writing on time
and with high quality.
__Participate discussion and
group presentation
Reading&
passionately and actively.
collaboration
__Well contribute to group
(10 points)
discussion.
__Very active and
cooperative
__ Inquiry is thought
provoking and well
developed.
__ Project is clearly
supported with thorough
Intellectual Quality and insightful research.
(10 points) __ Thoroughly synthesizes
and constructs clear ideas
from research gathered.
__ Research is fully and
correctly cited with a
works cited.
Approaches Expectations Below Expectations
__Finish assigned reading __Finish assigned reading __ Have great difficulty
and journal writing but and journal writing with finishing assigned reading
with some inadequacy. delay and some and journal writing.
__Participate discussion and inadequacy. __Participate discussion and
group presentation __Participate discussion and group presentation very
actively. group presentation passively.
__ Contribute to group passively. __ Unwilling to contribute to
discussion. __ Contribute to group group discussion.
__ Active and cooperative discussion in a very __Very passive and
limited way. uncooperative
__Not very active and
cooperative
__ Inquiry is well developed. __ Inquiry is either somewhat __ Inquiry is limited and is
__ Project is supported with limited or too open ended. incomplete or confusing.
good research. __ Project is somewhat __ Project is unclearly
__ Synthesizes and constructs supported with research. supported with research.
clear ideas from research __ Attempts to synthesize __ Attempts to synthesize
gathered. and construct clear ideas and construct unclear ideas
__ Research is fully and from research gathered. from research gathered.
correctly cited with a __ Attempts to cite research __ Minimal attempt to cite
works cited. research; works cited is
incomplete and flawed.
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__ Ideas in visual products __ Ideas in visual products __ At times, ideas in visual __ Ideas in visual products
are clear, complete, and are clear, complete, and products are unclear are unclear and incorrectly
persuasively expressed for appropriate for a general and/or awkwardly or inappropriately
a general audience. audience. expressed; may be expressed for general
Aesthetic and
__ Visual demonstrates __ Visual demonstrates some inappropriate for general audience.
Technical Quality
original personal personal expression that audience. __ Visual demonstrates a lack
(10 points)
expression that greatly mildly enhances the __ Visual demonstrates little of personal expression that
enhances the purpose of purpose of inquiry. personal expression that does not enhance the
inquiry. minimally enhances the purpose of inquiry.
purpose of inquiry.
__ All written and spoken __ Most written and spoken __ Most written and spoken __ Written and spoken
language is well language is well language is well language sounds awkward,
constructed and has varied constructed and has varied constructed but uses a is distractingly repetitive,
structure and length. No structure and length. There similar structure and/or or is difficult to
errors in grammar, are a few errors in length. Several errors in understand. Numerous
mechanics, and/or grammar, mechanics, grammar, mechanics, errors in grammar,
Language Structure spelling. and/or spelling, but they and/or spelling interfere mechanics, and/or spelling
Quality __ Uses vivid words and do not interfere with with understanding. interfere with
(10 points) phrases. The choice and understanding. __ Uses words that understanding.
placement of words seems __ Uses vivid words and communicate clearly, but __ Uses a limited vocabulary.
accurate, natural, and not phrases. The choice and the writing lacks variety. Jargon or clichs may be
forced. placement of words is __ Purpose of written and present and detract from
__ Purpose of written and inaccurate at times and/or spoken language is the meaning.
spoken language is very seems overdone. somewhat unclear, and __ Purpose of written and
clear, and there is strong __ Purpose of written and there is little evidence of spoken language is
 Evaluation Rubric

evidence of attention to spoken language is clear, attention to audience. unclear.

audience. and there is evidence of
attention to audience.

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