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Literary Circle Discussion Rubric

Rubric Graded Discussion Post-Colonial Literary Circle

Rubric Code: XC224C

By msajschmidt

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Subject: English

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Graded Discussion
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 0.5 pts	Good 1 pts	Excellent 2 pts
Indiv. Responses to Questions	Poor Only respond if called upon. Minimal response with no examples or development	Fair Respects the group. Provides solid answers with some textual reference.	Good Responds with enthusiasm and some specificity. Points to textual evidence, considers literal and metaphorical questions, perhaps begins extending the conversation.	Excellent Responds with enthusiasm, supports answer with textual or real life examples. Extends the conversation. Asks follow-up questions. Reads into the text. Considers literary and philosophical aspects of the quests
Questioner	Poor Asks only plot questions.	Fair Asks a variety of questions. Gives students an opportunity to answer them. Follows up to clarify question when needed.	Good Asks a wide variety of literary and plot questions. Takes the literary period, genre, history, context into consideration when formulating questions. Clarifies questions. Helps facilitate the discussion. Takes notes.	Excellent Asks questions that open up new areas of inquiry or redirect the conversation in interesting and purposeful ways. Provides direction for passages to analyze. Follows up on student contributions. Connects to real life. Defines terms.
Creates Connections With Class	Poor Students speaks to students proximate to them in semi-private conversations.	Fair Students makes thoughtful connections directed at the instructor, but overheard by other students.	Good Student asks questions of peers or makes connections to other comments in group discussion. Student connects ideas from text, other questions, the research presentations, and real life.	Excellent Student makes connections to or responds to comments made in large group discussions that frame the conversations and widen terms or specify the angle of inquiry in fruitful ways. Students are respectful, curious, engaged in each others responses. Connects to other ideas.
Public Speaking Skills	Poor Student speaks in public, but has little inflection, speaks rapidly and/ or avoids eye contact, difficult to understand.	Fair Student speaks comfortably in front of the class, but does not show awareness of his or her audience as is evidence by repeating what others have already said.	Good Student speaks ably, with appropriate inflections, volume and eye contact. Student is respectful of the group dynamics.	Excellent Student focuses the discussion through collegial style, interesting rhetorical devices, comfortable bearing, and an awareness of the audience's attention.
Effort	Poor Student is growing in the area of class participation.	Fair Student is meeting at least 2 of their participation goals. Asking questions Answering Questions Making Connections Finding Passages Analyzing text Sparking Curiosity	Good Student is meeting at least 3 of their participation goals.	Excellent Student is meeting at least 4 of their participation goals.
Sophistication of language	Poor Difficult to follow	Fair Competent	Good Developing rhetoric	Excellent Sophisticated language use
Content	Poor Limited to Sparknotes level discussion.	Fair Discusses Plot and Background.	Good Dives into passages and unpacks language, imagery, structure.	Excellent Shows real curiosity, makes connections among plot, characters, setting, theme as well history and literary style

Keywords:

literary texts, discussion, essential questions, themes, motifs, connections

Subjects:

English

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