Research and sharing of information.        

Finds and shares little or no pertinent information with other 

team members- 2             

Finds and shares some pertinent  information with other

team members- 3      

Finds and shares important information needed to accomplish

the task- 4        

Finds and shares a great deal of important information to accomplish the task, adding complementary details- 5

Roles and responsibilities        

 Plays no role and assumes no or few of the responsibilities assigned to him or her-2

 

 Plays a limited role and assumes some of the responsibilities assigned to him or her- 3

 

 Plays his or her role well and assumes most of the responsibilities assigned to him or her- 4

 

 Plays his or her role to perfection and assumes all responsibilities assigned to him or her-5

 

Cooperation     

Rarely takes part in group discussions, shares very few ideas and does not respect others' opinions- 2 

         

Occasionally takes part in group discussions, shares some ideas and respects others' opinions to a limited degree- 3     

 

Takes an active part in group discussions, shares ideas most of the time, and respects others' opinions- 4         

 

Takes the initiative in group discussions, shares ideas and encourages others to do the same, respects others' opinion- 5

 

Time management and focus on task         

 Wastes his or her time and focuses very little on the task-2 

 Does not make good use of time and is often distracted from the task-3   

 Manages time well and generally focuses on the task-4     

 Manages time very efficiently and focuses on the task-5

 

Reading the text and writing down the facts rubric for assessing: 

http://www.doe.k12.de.us/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=733&dataid=1263&FileName=Gr11-12_Argument_2-13.pdf

 

Assessing the article rubric:

http://www.schoolimprovement.com/docs/Common%20Core%20Rubrics_Gr9-10.pdf

YOUR POWER POINT OR PREZI

 

Content

  Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors- 2

  Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2   factual      errors- 3

  Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge       appears to be good-4

  Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject   knowledge is     excellent- 5

Organization

  There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts- 2

  Content is logically organized for the most part-3

  Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall   organization of   topics appears   flawed-4

  Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group   related   material-5

  Originality

  Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit- 2

  Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence     of original thinking- 3

  Product shows some original thought. Work shows new

  ideas and insights- 4

  Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and       inventive- 5