Project Planning Rubric

Project title

Thanksgiving Day around the World

Essential question

What is the way of celebrating Thanksgiving Day around the world?

Level

Pre-Intermediate

Grade

7

Category

Advanced

Developing

Limited

Apprehensibility of the project aims

• Aims are absolutely comprehensive and
• Aims are appropriate for the project

• Aims are comprehensive
• There are too few/too many/ of them
• Aims are not so important

• Aims are not clear
• Aims are not specific
• Aims are incomprehensive

Apprehensibility of the project objectives

• Objectives are absolutely comprehensive
• Objectives are appropriate for the project

• Objectives are comprehensive
• There are too few/too many/ of them
• They are not so important
• Objectives are inappropriate for the aims of the project

• Objectives are not clear
• Objectives are not specific
• Objectives are incomprehensive

Challenging the essential question

• The project is focused on a central question
• The EQ has the appropriate level of challenge
• The EQ is open-ended

• The project is focused on a central question
• The level of challenge is inappropriate for the intended students

• The project is not focused on a central question

or

• The EQ is too easily answered to justify the project

Appropriateness of the driving question

• The DQ captures the main focus of the project
• The DQ will definitely lead students to develop more than one reasonable, complex answer
• The DQ is understandable

• The DQ captures the main focus of the project
• The DQ is not reasonable and is easily answered

• The DQ does not capture the main focus of the project
• The DQ will lead students to develop only one answer
• The DQ is incomprehensive

Distribution of duties among the team members

The amount and complexity of work is equal to each member of the group

• The amount of work is equal to each member of the group
• Some students accomplish more complex and difficult tasks

The amount and complexity of work is not equal to each member of the group: some students accomplish all complex and difficult tasks, while others do simple tasks or do not do anything at all

Appropriateness of the ways of getting information

• There is a variety of selected resources of information
• Selected resources are absolutely reliable and appropriate for the project

Not all selected resources of information are reliable and appropriate for the project

• There is lack of selected resources of information
• Selected resources are unreliable and inappropriate for the project

Appropriateness of the digital resources

• Author's name provided with all contact details including author's credentials
• Original publish date is provided and updates are performed routinely
• Navigation is seamless, with page links that flow fluently
• The content is educational, relates to the objectives and is well organised

• Author's name provided but no contact details given
• Publish date is provided, however page is not updated regularly
• Navigation is slightly confusing; however, a homepage is easily accessible once lost
• The content is educational, but is not related to the objectives and is poorly organised

• Website does not provide an author
• No publish date is provided; page is not updated regularly
• Navigation is confusing: pages cannot be found easily; going back is not clear
• The content has minimal educational value

Content outcomes

• Content outcomes are specified
• Content outcomes are aligned with key national standards

• Content outcomes are specified
• They are not aligned with key national standards

Content outcomes are not specified

Student voice

Every member of the group is given several opportunities to express “voice and choice” on important matters:

the topics to study

questions asked

resources used

the form products take

the use of time

organization of tasks

Some members of the group are not given opportunities to express “voice and choice” on all important matters

Only a small amount of group members is given the opportunities to express “voice and choice”

Work ethic

• Students are totally focused on the instruction and/or task
• Students are consistently ready to work without reminders

• Not all students are working on task
• Some students are distracted
• Some students are out of seat

• Students are out of seat
• Students are not working on task
• Students are talking or playing around

Time-management

Students always complete the given information on time

Students always turn in assignments on time, although sometimes the information is incomplete

Students never complete the given tasks on time