Present And Discuss Grading Rubric

							Society: Challenge and Change                                                                                                                        HSB 4M1
                                        Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker: Rubric
Student: _____________________________________

Area                  Level 4                                 Level 3                             Level 2                       Level 1
Background            The student has thoroughly              The student has researched the      The student has adequate      The student lacks an in-depth
Information           researched the topic, demonstrates a    topic, demonstrates an              understanding of the topic    understanding of the topic and is
(Knowledge &          thorough understanding of the topic     understanding of the topic and      and is able to answer         unable to answer most questions
Understanding)        and is able to answer questions that    is able to answer questions         questions related to the      related to the facts of the issue.
                      go well beyond basic facts.             related to the facts of the issue   facts of the issue.
                                                              and slightly beyond.
Presentation          Exceptional class presentation that     The class presentation relates      The class presentation        The class presentation lacks the
(Application)         supports the theme and various          to the theme of the topic and       relates loosely with the      necessary information. At times
                      sides of the topic (various             portrays various sides of the       topic. It lacks creativity    it is confusing and does not
                      perspectives, economic, political,      issue. It is fairly organized       and insight and but does      necessarily relate to the topic
                      social) . It is unbiased, critical,     and helps the presentation’s        cover the major themes.       being discussed.
                      insightful and interesting to watch.    quality.
Preparation and       Presentation, resources and             Presentation, resources and         Presentation, resources and   Presentation, resources and
Questions for Class   questions show evidence of              questions are thought               questions s are simplistic    questions are not discussion
(Thinking &           thorough understanding of the           provoking and highlight the         and/or do not do justice to   inducing. They are not
Inquiry)              complexity of the topic and require     most important aspects of the       the topic’s possibilities.    insightful and do not engage the
                      participants to think about the issue   topic.                              They need to be more          class.
                      from a different perspective.                                               insightful.
Discussion            The class is actively engaged and       The class is engaged in the         The class is engaged for      Much of the class in not
(Communication)       involved in the discussion and guest    discussion. They are paying         some of the discussion but    engaged. They are not paying
                      speaker. They want to participate       attention to the discussion and     their attention fades at      attention and are not interested
                      and the discussion is shared equally,   some of the class is actively       times. The same students      in discussing the issues. The
                      not dominated by a few students.        participating.                      seem to be participating      presenters are dominating the
                                                                                                  consistently.                 discussion.
Organization          The presentation and discussion         The discussion moved from           The discussion moved          The discussion seemed
(Application)         flowed smoothly from point to           point to point without too          forward with a few            disorganized with no clear
                      point. The students were                much disruption. The                disruptions. At times the     direction. The presenters
                      participating in an appropriate         presenters controlled the           presenters lost control of    displayed little control over the
                      manner. The presenters                  discussion and allowed all          the discussion but overall    class and did not create an
                      demonstrated good control of the        students to participate             controlled the environment    environment conducive to class
                      class during the entire discussion.                                                                       discussion.
Reflection            Reflection on presentation, guest       Reflection on presentation,         Reflection on presentation,   Reflection on presentation, guest
(K,T,A,C)             speaker and discussion is highly        guest speaker and discussion        guest speaker and             speaker and discussion needs to
                      insightful and contains detailed        is insightful and contains          discussion is somewhat        be more detailed and lacks any
                      analysis.                               analysis.                           detailed but could have       analysis.
                                                                                                  more analysis.