Creating Criteria: Class Rubric Presentation by Kim Decatrel

DATE: AIM: How do we establish the criteria by which our explanatory essays will be evaluated? DO NOW: Look over your HW. Rank the different categories by level of importance, from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least. In your journal, write about why one area is more important than another.

DATE: AIM: How do we create the criteria by which our writing will be evaluated? DO NOW: Make a list… What should an explanatory essay be graded on? List all the things an explanatory essay needs to have to get an A+. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Organize Your Ideas Now look at your list. What items are related? What categories should each fall under? Re-organize the items on your list by circling or grouping or color coding or making a chart, etc. Up to you. Be prepared to explain the rationale behind what you’ve done.

Explanation Criteria Choose 5 items from your list. Copy each onto 5 different sticky notes. 2. Stick each note onto the poster where you think it most closely belongs. 3. Listen for next steps.

Goal Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Explanatory Essay Rubric EXPLANATORY WRITING POINTS DOMAIN   DESCRIPTION 20 15 10 5   TOTAL