Excellent Very Good Good Poor

AREAS POINTS
(9-10 points) (7-8 points) (5-6 points) (2-4 points)
Presents Presents Presents some Presents
accurate accurate accurate incomplete or
Knowledge/Understanding
information and information information inaccurate
Information and Ideas
insightful ideas and complete and some ideas information
ideas and ideas
Expresses many Expresses Expresses Expresses
ideas, supported many ideas, some ideas, many ideas,
effectively by supported by supported by supported
relevant relevant relevant effectively by
Thinking/Inquiry
evidence or evidence or evidence or relevant
Analyzing and Explaining
rationales asks rationales asks rationales acts evidence or
probing or good questions probing or rationales asks
insightful insightful some
questions questions questions
Meaning and Meaning and Meaning and Meaning and
intent are clear intent are clear intent are intent are
and engaging. and engaging. sometimes frequently
Shows strong Shows clear unclear. clear and
Communication Language sense of sense of engaging.
and Style Shows some
purpose and purpose and
sense of Shows limited
audience audience
purpose and sense of
audience purpose and
audience
Few minor Some Few major Frequent
Application Conventions mechanical mechanical mechanical major
in Language errors errors errors mechanical
errors
Makes many Makes Makes some Makes few
personal considerable personal personal
Making Connections
connections personal connections connections
Getting Personal
with the topic connections with the topic with the topic
with the topic
Entire paper Most of paper Some elements Fails to follow
follows APA follows APA of APA style APA style
style guidelines style guidelines are guidelines.
with proper use guidelines, followed.
Citations and References
of parenthetical parenthetical
citations, and citations, and
reference page. reference
sections.
TOTAL SCORE: /60

Rubric for Performance Exercises