• Animal Farm:  Discussion Blog Rubric - Student/Teacher Generated 

     Exceeds Standard

    At Standard

    Nearing Standard

    Below Standard

    -Correct conventions, including citations

    -Few convention errors, not distracting

    -Convention errors are distracting or below grade level

    -Conventions show disregard for audience

    -Claim/topic sentence restates question and says WHY

    -Claim/topic sentence restates question and says why

    -Claim/topic sentence only answers part of the question

    -No claim or topic sentence

    -2 quotes

    -Evidence and commentary are focused on the claim

    -2 quotes

    -At least one of the pieces of evidence and commentary are focused on the claim

    -1 quote

    -Evidence and commentary are not related to the claim

    -no quotes

    -Missing commentary

    -Shows in-depth knowledge of Animal Farm; insightful response

    -Presents an obvious or often talked about response

    -Shows limited knowledge of the topic

    -Confused