Monday, December 17, 2012

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.
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  1. NelsonDecember 17, 2012 at 2:57 PM

    We talked about the rubric only including things specific to argument (claim, data, explanation, etc.) and organization (topic sentence, stays focused, conclusion, transitions, etc.).

    We can still assess/grade for things like concession, direct quotes, MLA format, use of 'I' voice, conventions, etc. They just won't be on this particular rubric.

    (I swear, this all makes perfect sense in my head.)

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  2. NelsonDecember 18, 2012 at 2:34 PM

    Here's a link to a rubric Diane found on UEN.org.

    http://www.uen.org/Rubric/rubric.cgi?rubric_id=25941

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