April 15

Humanities 8

Today students were given the rubric for the inquiry  project (see below) and the bibliography example.  These should be used for last minute tweaks to their projects, which are due on Monday.  The rest of the class was a work period.   

Names: _______________________________

Inquiry Project Rubric

Criteria	Exceeding Expectations	Fully Meeting Expectations	Minimally Meeting Expectations	Not Meeting Expectations
Inquiry / Guiding Questions	ü  Complex question ü  Comparison or analysis ü  More than 6 guiding questions	ü  Challenging question ü  4-5 guiding questions	ü  Basic question ü  3 guiding questions	ü  Yes or no question ü  Less than 3 guiding questions
Research/ Answers to questions	ü  Full answer ü  Shows an excellent understanding	ü  Good answer ü  Shows a good understanding	ü  Basic answer ü  Explanation may be hard to follow	ü  One or two word answers
Presentation Product	ü  Professional ü  Organized by questions ü  Excellent balance of text and visual	ü  Good quality ü  Organized by questions ü  Good balance of text and visual ü  Minor errors	ü  Minimal organization ü  Few visuals ü  Missing key words ü  Noticeable errors	ü  Looks incomplete ü  No visuals ü  Very poor proofreading
Bibliography	ü  More than one book source ü  Variety of excellent sources ü  Excellent format	ü  Variety of good quality sources ü  1 book source ü  Good attempt at format	ü  1 book source ü  1 or 2 other sources ü  Complete but not alphabetized/formatted	ü  No book source ü  Wikipedia used ü  One source ü  Incomplete
Verbal Presentation	ü  Enthusiastic ü  Easily understood ü  Excellent flow	ü  Clear ü  Good organization	ü  Hard to hear sometimes ü  Flow interrupted at times	ü  Hard to hear ü  Disorganized ü  Interruptions
Paragraph	ü  Formatted ü  Topic and concluding sentences ü  Thorough information	ü  Topic sentence ü  Quality information ü  Formatted appropriately	ü  Topic sentence ü  Some relevant information	ü  One or two sentences ü  No structure
Questions from Audience	ü  Confidently answers questions ü  Excellent explanation	ü  Able to answer questions correctly ü  May require prompting for full answer	ü  Provides a simple answer ü  Lacks confidence	ü  Unable to answer question
Audience	ü  Listens carefully ü  Asks thoughtful questions ü  Excellent notes	ü  Listens well ü  Asks good questions ü  Good notes	ü  Is distracted once in awhile but quiet ü  Able to write basic notes	ü  Not paying attention ü  Unable to write basic notes

English 10 (C block) 

Today students attended a career/course planning presentation. 

English 10 (D block)

Today we started with silent reading.  Students were asked to do a reader response and then select their best response for careful assessment.  Students indicated their best with a star and handed their work into the bin.  Next we looked at the synthesis essays and we discussed how to approach the topic on the future practice e-exam.