Argument rubric ideas

*Don't mind the picture. It's just my random notes.

Date: Monday, 12/17/12
10th grade teachers present: Jenny, Jake, Kyle, and Diane

Knowing that we are going to discuss a rubric as a department after Christmas (1/7), we wanted to first discuss this in a smaller group. Kyle took notes. Jenny gave specific examples from her recent argument unit. Jake read from existing rubrics (AP and UBSCT persuasive writing). Diane talked about Bloom's taxonomy. A janitor came in and took out the garbage.

Some ideas we came up with:

• We want a simplified rubric
• This particular rubric is not for students
• This rubric is for collaboration ("Hey...Jenny's students earned 100% on organization, how does she teach that?")
• This rubric would have three qualifiers (excellent, average, poor)

This is just a starting point. We will begin discussing this after Christmas (1/7). If you want to add to the discussion over the break, please post a comment below.