Each of the blogs you write, while formative, can help increase your grade if you do

a good job on them. If you do a good job on your formative blogs and end up not
doing as well on the final, the levels on your formative blogs can help raise your
grade on the summative.
You will also be receiving, as part of the unit mark, a grade for the consistency of
your understanding of how to effectively respond to the blogs of others. Over the
course of the unit, you will be required to comment on 15 blogs. Each comment will
form part of your overall blog response grade.
RUBRIC FOR EACH WEEKLY BLOG (THE WRITING IN ITALICS PERTAINS TO
THE FINAL OVERALL ASSESSMENT)
Knowledge

Thinking

Communicati
on

Application

4 (80 100%)

3 (70-79%)

2 (60-69%)

1 (I-59%)

Each entry has more

than 3 specific and
relevant references,
including one
quotation, from the
specified section
student was to have
read.
Each entry is
appropriate in its word
choices and uses an
interesting and
engaging
conversational tone.

Each entry has at least 3

specific and relevant
references to the novel.

Each entry has at least 2

specific references.

Each entry has at least 1

specific and relevant
reference from the novel.

Entry is appropriate in its

word choices and uses an
appropriate informal,
honest and conversational
tone.

Entry is mostly appropriate

in its word choices and
attempts an appropriate
informal, honest and
conversational tone (but
the tone may not be
consistent).

Entry pays some

attention to tone and is
mostly appropriate in its
word choices.

Each entry has a visual

that adds dramatically
to the tone of the
piece. It also
emphasises, with
excellent effectiveness,
the main idea of the
piece.
Entries demonstrates
excellent skill with
punctuation, grammar
and spelling (3 errors
or less).

The real-life
explanations
consistently and
effectively support
ideas. Each real-life
explanation
demonstrates excellent
insight, care and
thought.
Student demonstrates
excellent ability, from
blog 1 to 4 to use
student and teacher
feedback to improve
the overall quality of
the blog.

Each entry has a visual

that helps create a sense
of tone in the piece. It also
emphasises the main idea
of the piece.

At least three entries have

a visual that adds
reasonably well to the tone
of the piece. They also
emphasise somewhat the
main idea of the piece.

At least two entries have

a visual that adds to the
tone of the piece. They
also emphasise the main
idea of the piece to a
limited degree.

Entries demonstrates good

skill with punctuation,
grammar and spelling (3
errors, 1 of which may be
a major error run on
sentence, fragment, or
comma splice).
The connections between
the writer and the
character, as well as the
explanations given to
support ideas,
demonstrate good insight,
care and thought.

Entries demonstrate
reasonable skill with
punctuation, grammar and
spelling (4-5 errors, 2 of
which may be major).

Entries demonstrate
limited skill with
punctuation, grammar
and spelling (over 5
errors, 3 or more of
which may be major).

The connections between

the writer and the
character, as well as the
explanations given to
support ideas, are
reasonable, with some, but
inconsistent, insight.

Student demonstrates
competent ability, from
blog 1 to 4 to use student
and teacher feedback to
improve the overall quality
of the blog.

Student demonstrates
reasonable, but
inconsistent ability, from
blog 1 to 4 to use student
and teacher feedback to
improve the overall quality
of the blog.

The connections
between the writer and
the character, as well as
the explanations given to
support ideas, are
reasonable and
demonstrate an attempt
to think deeply about the
question.
Student demonstrates
inconsistent to
unacceptable ability to
use feedback effectively
to improve each blog.

RUBRIC FOR WEEKLY COMMENTS

Communicati
on

Thinking

All comments are

written with a positive,
helpful, and appropriate
tone.

Most comments are

written with a positive,
helpful, and appropriate
tone.

There are very few, to

no, grammar, spelling,
or punctuation errors.

There are a few

grammar, spelling, or
punctuation errors, one
of which is major.
Student has a good
understanding of how to
focus on and comment
usefully on specific and
relevant aspects of
others blogs.

Student clearly has an

excellent understanding
of how to focus on and
comment usefully on
specific and relevant
aspects of others
blogs.

Over half of the

comments are written
with a positive,
helpful, and
appropriate tone.
There are some,
grammar, spelling, or
punctuation errors.
Student has some
understanding of how
to focus on and
comment usefully on
specific and relevant
aspects of others
blogs.

Some comments are

written with a
positive, helpful, and
appropriate tone.
There a fair amount
of grammar,
spelling, or
punctuation errors.
Student has a
limited
understanding of
how to focus on and
comment usefully on
specific and relevant
aspects of others
blogs.