Criteria and Rubrics for Assignments

Part 2: Folsom Definition – Visual and Oral Presentation

Your presentation can take many forms:

-       Powerpoint presentation

-       Poster board

-       Cube

-       Collage

-       Interpretive image

-       Drawings

-       Web

-       Pamphlet

Group Presentation Rubric

Standard	Not yet meeting	Approaching	Meeting	Exceeding
Participation	1 or 2 group members do all preparation and presenting	3 members do preparation and presenting	All 4 member prepare and present	All 4 members actively participate in preparation and presenting
Writing	Definition and example is not present or hard to see	Definition and example present but incomplete or not visually appealing	All 6 definitions and example present with some effort to make appealing	All 6 definitions and example present with great care and effort to make appealing
Visual	Little to no visual or unconnected visual	Visual is loosely connected to meaning of words	Visual show care and are connected to meaning	Visuals show excellent care and attention to demonstrate meaning
Oral	1 or 2 members present	3 members present	All four members present	All four members present and include extra information to convey meaning

Group Letter:___________________________

Group Members:_______________________, ___________________, _________________, _____________________, ________________

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Book Reports

Students will be responsible for turning in two book reports by December 9th. Book reports promote literacy and strengthen skills in reading comprehension, reading fluency, and writing.  All books selected for book reports must be approved by the teacher. Students will be given time to read their book report books in class during silent reading. Book reports will be completed at home, although students may occasionally be given time to work on book reports in class.

The due dates for all book reports are listed below.  Students will follow the provided templates to assist in writing chapter summaries as well as the final book report. The expectations for grading all book reports are listed below. 

Book Report Expectations:

- book report contains all specified elements (see book report template)                                                                                                         /4

- paragraphs have 5 or more sentences each                              /4

- paragraphs stay focused and on topic                                      /4

- each paragraph contains topic sentence, supporting/detail sentences, and conclusion sentence                                           /4

- report is typed or completed in blue or black ink                     /1

- all work is neat and complete                                                  /2

- report contains no spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or grammar errors                                                                         /4

Total                                                                                       /23

DUE DATES:

Monday November 4, 2013

Monday December 9, 2013

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Rubric for Science Lab Reports:

Criteria	Yet to meet expectations	Minimally meeting expectations	Meeting expectations	Exceeding expectations
Question and Hypothesis	- Posed as a question - Not testable - No relation to results	- Unclear statement - May not be testable - Uncertain predictions	- Statement - Somewhat testable - Guesses at results	- Definitive statement - Testable - Accurately predict results
Procedure	Procedures are not listed	Procedures are listed but not in clear steps	Procedures are listed in clear steps but not numbered and/or in complete sentences	- Procedures are listed in clear steps - Each step is numbered and in a complete sentence
Observations	- No representation of data - No description of observations	- Unclear representation of data - Basic description of observations	- Good representation of data - Clear description of observations	- Accurate representation of data - Detailed description of observations
Analysis and Applications	- No statement of results and no connection to hypothesis	- Basic statement of results and unclear connection to hypothesis	- Good statement of results and some connection to hypothesis	-Accurate statement of results and clear connection to hypothesis
Content	-Little use of terms or indication of understanding of content materials	-Basic use of terms and indication of understanding of content materials	-Adequately uses terms and shows signs of good understanding of observations and content materials	-Clearly uses terms and displays an strong understanding of observations and content materials

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Current Events Expectations

Every Tuesday, you will hand in a newspaper article with a summary of the article answering the following questions:

-      Who is the article about?

-      What is happening in the article?

-      Where did the events in the article take place?

-      When did the events in the article take place?

-      Why is this article important?

-      How does this even affect you?

For each current event, you will be marked on the following criteria:

- All questions answered                       /3

- Spelling                                              /2

- Grammar                                            /2

- Sentence variety                                 /2

- Article ready                                      /1

Once per month, you will read out your current event to the class.

- Oral clarity                                         /2

- All questions answered                       /2

- Able to answer class questions            /2

- Knowledge of article and importance  /2