iRubric: Lord of the Flies Mock Trial Rubric

Content
The student’s exploration of the topic is insightful.The ideas presented are carefully chosen. Supporting details are precise and enhance.The writing is confident.

Organization
The introduction is engaging and skillfully establishes a focus that is consistently sustained. Details are developed in a judicious order, and coherence is maintained. Transitions fluently connect events and/or details. Closure is effective and related to the focus.

Content
The student’s exploration of the topic is adept and/or plausible. Ideas presented are thoughtful and/or sound. Supporting details are specific. The writing is considered and/or elaborated.

Organization
The introduction is purposeful and clearly establishes a focus that is capably sustained. Events and/or details are developed in a sensible order, and coherence is generally maintained. Transitions clearly connect events and/or details. Closure is appropriate and related to the focus.

Content
The exploration of the topic is clear. The ideas are appropriate but predictable. Supporting details are relevant but generic. The writing is generalized.

Organization
The introduction is functional and establishes a generally sustained focus. Events and details are developed in order, although coherence may falter. Transitions tend to be mechanical and are generally used to connect events and/or details. Closure is related to the focus and is mechanical and/or artificial.

Content
The student’s exploration of the topic is minimal. The ideas are overgeneralized or underdeveloped. Supporting details are irrelevant or scant. The writing is confusing or lacks validity.

Organization
The introduction, if present, is ineffective; any focus established provides no direction and is undeveloped. The development of events details is incoherent. Transitions are absent and/or inappropriately used to connect events or details. Closure is ineffectual or missing.

The student considers the context and how it affects the text, makes insightful connections between the context and the author’s purpose to deeply understand the subtleties.

Vital aspects of the problem, question or issues are clearly and precisely formulated identifying relationships essential to analyzing the problem, question, or issue as it relates to the context. Information, data, or evidence are provided and are extensive, furthering insight into the problem, question, or issue.

Interpreting and Analyzing Texts
The student considers the context of the text, and makes perceptive connections between the context and the author’s purpose to have an in-depth understanding of the text.

Asking Questions and Gathering Information
Clearly formulates or reformulates the important aspects of the problem, question or issue as it relates to the context.
Appropriate information, data, or evidence are provided and are thorough, fully analyzed and reported.

The student has an adequate understanding of the context of the text and makes basic connections between the context and author’s purpose to understand the text on a superficial level.

Summarizes the problem, question or issue though some aspects may be confused or incorrect, and nuances and key details are missing or superficial, and/or context is overlooked.
Appropriate information, data, or evidence are provided, although it is clear that the treatment of such is routine and superficial.

Interpreting and Analyzing Texts
The student has a limited understanding of the context of the text. Connections between the context and the author’s purpose are not evident. The student has insufficient understanding of the text.

Asking Questions and Gathering Information
Limited ability to summarize the problem, question or issue.
Information, data or evidence are simplistic, inappropriate or unrelated to the problem, question, or issue at hand.

-Google Slides presentation is well-developed and visually appealing; consistently followed the Tips for an Effective Presentation
- Important points from each component of the case are presented so that the audience can gain clear understanding of position and evidence.
- states main idea and moves from one presenter to the next in a logical order, emphasizing main points in a focused, coherent manner
- images chosen are very effective as they support the text and the speeches

-Google Slides presentation is organized and somewhat visually appealing; some of the tips for an effective presentation were used
-Important points from each component are presented so that the audience can gain an understanding of position and some of the evidence.
-there's transitions from one presenter to the next, but main idea may not be clear or some ideas may be in the wrong order
- Good balance of text and pictures

Google Slides presentation is somewhat unorganized, and is primarily text, minimal use of the tips for an effective presentation
-sequence of information is hard to follow. No clear position stated. Aspects of the presentation are hard to read and understand.
-attempts to use one or a few entertaining slides but they distract from presentation
-A lot more text than pictures

-Presentation is irrelevant.
-Slides presentation is unorganized and there is no clear position demonstrated.
-No awareness for the tips of an effective presentation
Or
The presentation is missing

Group members worked well together and stayed on task. All members contributed appropriately. Each member of the group participates in the presentation.

Each member of the group contributed somewhat appropriately. Group member participation during the presentation is somewhat uneven.

One or two group members did most of the work. Uneven group participation during presentation.

No evidence of group planning or cooperation. Uneven participation from group members during presentation.