Name: _______________________________________________________________________________ Group: ____________________________

Journal Marking Criteria

Criteria 1 2 3 4 5
Ideas and
Content
Very little
attempt has
been made to
explain details
and/or many of
the responses
are missing.
About half of
the responses
are informative
with good
details and show
an
understanding
of the reading.
Some are not
complete.
About 2/3 of
the responses
are informative
with good
details and show
an
understanding
of the reading
Every
response is
informative with
good details and
show an
understanding
of the reading.
Some show
deeper insight.
Every
response is
informative and
compelling with
the perfect
amount of
details and show
real insight into
the reading

Accuracy and
Quality

Almost all of
the information
is incorrect.
Almost all of the
questions/tasks
are NOT
answered
comprehensively
About half of
the information
is incorrect.
About half of the
questions/tasks
are NOT
answered
comprehensively
About 2/3 of
the information
is CORRECT.
About 2/3 of the
questions/tasks
are answered
comprehensively
Almost all of
the information
is CORRECT.
Almost all of the
questions/tasks
are answered
comprehensively
All of the
information is
CORRECT.
All of the
questions/tasks
are answered
comprehensively

Conventions

Serious help is
needed to make
corrections.
Several errors
make the
responses
confusing and
hard to read.
The responses
have 3 to 5
errors in
spelling,
punctuation, or
grammar.

The responses
have one or two
errors in
spelling,
punctuation, or
grammar.

The responses
are error free.

Effort

Very little
effort was made
to complete the
written
responses
and/or grammar
practices.
The responses
were illegible.
About half of
the written
responses
and/or grammar
practices
demonstrate a
concerted effort
by the student.
The journal was
difficult to read.
About 2/3 of
the written
responses
and/or grammar
practices
demonstrate a
concerted effort
by the student.
Some of the
journal was
difficult to read.

Most of the
written
responses
and/or grammar
practices
demonstrate a
concerted effort
by the student.
Name and class
are missing from
the assignment
All parts of
the written
responses
and/or grammar
practices
demonstrate a
concerted effort
by the student.


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