Rubrics for Lessons

Respect Poem

Student Name:
________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Grammar & Writer makes no Writer makes 1-2 Writer makes 3-4 Writer makes
spelling errors in grammar errors in grammar errors in grammar more than 4 errors
(conventions) or spelling. and/or spelling. and/or spelling in grammar and/or
spelling.

Length The poem is 10 The poem is 8-9 The poem is 5-7 The poem is less
or more sentences. sentences. than 5 sentences.
sentences.

Capitalization Writer makes no Writer makes 1-2 Writer makes 3-4 Writer makes
and Punctuation errors in errors in errors in more than 4 errors
capitalization and capitalization and capitalization and in capitalization
punctuation. punctuation. punctuation. and punctuation.

Neatness Poem is typed, Poem is neatly Poem is typed Poem is typed and
clean, not hand-written, and is crumpled looks like it had
wrinkled, and is clean, not or slightly been shoved in a
easy to read with wrinkled, and is stained. It may pocket or locker.
no distracting easy to read with have 1-2 It may have
error corrections. no distracting distracting error several distracting
It was done with error corrections. corrections. It error corrections.
pride. It was done with was done with It looks like it was
care. some care. done in a hurry or
stored improperly.
Content Accuracy The poem The poem The poem The poem
contains at least 5 contains 3-4 contains 1-2 contains no
accurate ways to accurate ways to accurate ways to accurate ways to
show respect. show respect. show respect. show respect.
Ideas Ideas were Ideas were Ideas were The poem seemed
expressed in a expressed in a somewhat to be a collection
clear and pretty clear organized, but of unrelated
organized manner, but the were not very sentences. It was
fashion. organization clear. It took very difficult to
could have been more than one figure out what
better. reading to figure the poem was
out what the about.
poem was about.

Digital Storytelling : Responsibility

Student Name:
________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Point of View - Strong Some awareness Some awareness Limited awareness
Awareness of awareness of of audience in of audience in the of the needs and
Audience audience in the the design. design. Students interests of the
design. Students Students can find it difficult to target audience.
can clearly partially explain explain how the
explain why they why they felt the vocabulary, audio
felt the vocabulary, and graphics
vocabulary, audio and chosen fit the
audio and graphics chosen target audience.
graphics chosen fit the target
fit the target audience.
audience.
Soundtrack - Music stirs a rich Music stirs a rich Music is ok, and Music is
Emotion emotional emotional not distracting, distracting,
response that response that but it does not add inappropriate, OR
matches the somewhat much to the story. was not used.
story line well. matches the story
line.
Images Images create a Images create an An attempt was Little or no attempt
distinct atmosphere or made to use to use images to
atmosphere or tone that matches images to create create an
tone that some parts of the an appropriate
matches story. atmosphere/tone atmosphere/tone.
different parts of but it needed more
the story. work. Image
 choice is logical.

Economy The story is told The story The story seems The story needs
with exactly the composition is to need more extensive editing.
right amount of typically good, editing. It is It is too long or too
detail though it seems noticeably too short to be
throughout. It to drag long or too short interesting.
does not seem somewhat OR in more than one
too short nor need slightly section.
does it seem too more detail in
long. one or two
sections.
Duration of Length of Length of Length of Presentation was
Presentation presentation was presentation was presentation was 2 less than 2 minutes
4 minutes. 3 minutes. minutes. long OR more than
4 minutes.

Grammar Grammar and Grammar and Grammar and Repeated errors in

usage were usage were usage were grammar and usage
correct and typically correct typically correct distracted greatly
contributed to and errors did but errors from the story.
clarity. not detract from detracted from
the story. story.
Point of View - Establishes a Establishes a There are a few It is difficult to
Purpose purpose early on purpose early on lapses in focus, figure out the
and maintains a and maintains but the purpose is purpose of the
clear focus focus for most of fairly clear. presentation.
throughout. the presentation.

Glogster Poster
Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Use of Class Used time well during Used time well Used some of the Did not use class time
Time each class period. during each class time well during each to focus on the project
Focused on getting period. Usually class period. There OR often distracted
the project done. focused on getting was some focus on others.
Never distracted the project done and getting the project
others. never distracted done but
others. occasionally
distracted others.
Graphics - All graphics are All graphics are All graphics relate to Graphics do not relate
Relevance related to the topic related to the topic the topic. Most to the topic OR
and make it easier to and most make it borrowed graphics several borrowed
understand. All easier to understand. have a source graphics do not have
borrowed graphics All borrowed citation. a source citation.
have a source graphics have a
citation. source citation.
Knowledge Student can Student can Student can Student appears to
Gained accurately answer all accurately answer accurately answer have insufficient
questions related to most questions about 75% of knowledge about the
facts in the poster related to facts in the questions related to facts or processes
and processes used poster and facts in the poster used in the poster.
to create the poster. processes used to and processes used
create the poster. to create the poster.
Content - At least 7 accurate 5-6 accurate facts 3-4 accurate facts Less than 3 accurate
Accuracy facts are displayed are displayed on the are displayed on the facts are displayed on
on the poster. poster. poster. the poster.

Attractiveness The poster is The poster is The poster is The poster is

exceptionally attractive in terms of acceptably attractive distractingly messy or
attractive in terms of design, layout and though it may be a very poorly designed.
design, layout, and neatness. bit messy. It is not attractive.
neatness.

Grammar There are no There is 1 There are 2 There are more than
grammatical grammatical mistake grammatical 2 grammatical
mistakes on the on the poster. mistakes on the mistakes on the
poster. poster. poster.

Date Created: Jul 23, 2010 02:13 pm (UTC)

Graphing Behavior Goals

Student Name:
________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Units All units are Most units are All units are Units are neither
described (in a described (in a described (in a described NOR
key or with key or with key or with appropriately
labels) and are labels) and are labels) but are not sized for the data
appropriately appropriately appropriately set.
sized for the data sized for the data sized for the data
 set. set. set.

Neatness and Exceptionally Neat and Lines are neatly Appears messy
Attractiveness well designed, relatively drawn but the and "thrown
neat, and attractive. A ruler graph appears together" in a
attractive. Colors and graph paper quite plain. hurry. Lines are
that go well (or graphing visibly crooked.
together are used computer
to make the graph program) are
more readable. A used to make the
ruler and graph graph more
paper (or readable.
graphing
computer
program) are
used.
Accuracy of Plot All points are All points are All points are Points are not
plotted correctly plotted correctly plotted correctly. plotted correctly
and are easy to and are easy to OR extra points
see. A ruler is see. were included.
used to neatly
connect the
points or make
the bars, if not
using a
computerized
graphing
program.
Type of Graph Graph fits the Graph is adequate Graph distorts the Graph seriously
Chosen data well and and does not data somewhat distorts the data
makes it easy to distort the data, and interpretation making
interpret. but interpretation of the data is interpretation
of the data is somewhat almost
somewhat difficult. impossible.
difficult.
Data Table Data in the table Data in the table Data in the table Data in the table
is well organized, is organized, is accurate and is not accurate
accurate, and accurate, and easy to read. and/or cannot be
easy to read. easy to read. read.
Title Title is creative Title clearly A title is present A title is not
and clearly relates to the at the top of the present.
relates to the problem being graph.
problem being graphed (includes
graphed (includes dependent and
dependent and independent
independent variable) and is
variable). It is printed at the top
printed at the top of the graph.
of the graph.
Labeling of X The X axis has a The X axis has a The X axis has a The X axis is not
axis clear, neat label clear label that label. labeled.
that describes the describes the
units used for the units used for the
independent independent
variable (e.g, variable.
days, months,
participants'
names).
Labeling of Y The Y axis has a The Y axis has a The Y axis has a The Y axis is not
axis clear, neat label clear label that label. labeled.
that describes the describes the
units and the units and the
dependent dependent
variable (e.g, % variable (e.g, %
of dogfood eaten; of dogfood eaten;
degree of degree of
satisfaction). satisfaction).