Rubrics for the assessment of the project plan

Criteria

20

15

10

5-0

Exceptional

Good

Fair

Poor

Students

score

Teachers score

The instructional timeline is planned backward from the scheduled opening event. For each step in the process, there is adequate time for student learning,planning, and reflection.

The instructional timeline is planned several weeks in advance. There is adequate time for student learning, but for some phases of the project student planning/reflection are given short shrift.

The instructional timeline is planned several weeks in advance, but there isn’t an outline for the entire project. There is not adequate time for student learning.

The instructional timeline isn’t planned in advance. Rather, teachers plan one week or even one lesson at a time as the project unfolds.

Content

Student devotes a lot of time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works hard to make the story wonderful.

Student devotes sufficient time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works and gets the job done.

Student devotes some time and effort to the writing process but was not very thorough. Does enough to get by.

Student devotes little time and effort to the writing process. Doesn\'t seem to care.

Coherence with curriculum

It completely supports the curriculum and it makes students engaged.

It supports the curriculum but not enough multifaceted to provoke deep studies.

Areas covered by the project are mentioned, but vaguely.

There are no references to curricular aspects and they cannot be clearly inferred from the project plan

Participation in team work

Students are actively involved in planning, preparing and presenting the project. Worked diligently on a project, no need for instructor intervention

Students are actively involved in the project. Worked diligently on project, little need for instructor intervention

Students refuse to be actively involved in the project.

Student does not participate in the team’s presentation.

Creativity

Story and designs are original, creative, and interesting.

Story and characters are well thought out but missing originality.

Story not complete or characters not fully developed

There is little evidence of creativity in the story. The author does not seem to have used much imagination.

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