Final Project Rubric -- Young Adult Literature

Young Adult Literature in the Reading Program

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Sharron L. McElmeel, Instructor

Final Class Presentation -- Project Rubric

Total Points for Course = 400 points

A = 363 pts. to 400 pts.

B = 322 pts. to 362 pts

I = less than 322 pts. Must resubmit

Discussion = 200 points (20 points per week)

Pop Culture Paper (Mini-expert Paper) (Module 3) = 30 pts

Top FIVE Young Adult Books of the Past Five Years
(Module 4) = 30 pts

Book Talk Plan (Module 5) = 40 pts

Final Project (Module 8) = 80 pts

Final Reflection (Module 9) = 20 pts

CRITERIA

Exemplary

Proficient

Incomplete

Project's main focus is literature and literature standards/goals.
Includes appropriate literature standards/goals with evidence of integration with other disciplines.
Includes appropriate literature standards/goals with some evidence of integration with other disciplines Includes appropriate literature standards/goals with little evidence of integration with other disciplines

Young Adult literature used as the basis for the final project is worthy of the project.

Literature is well reviewed and would be considered worthy without question.
Includes appropriate bibliographic information for each resource title.

Literature is well reviewed but questions are present regarding worthiness for this particular project.
Includes some bibliogrpahic information but not always consistent or information not complete.

Literature is not well reviewed or there is an obvious mismatch between project and selection of literature.
Bibliographic information is sketchy -- not complete or is missing entirely.

Quality of Writing
Writing is free of grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. The style of writing is clear, well organized, and the plan/project is comprehensible.
All resources cited in APA format (websites and print resources).

Writing is generally free of grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. The style of writing is clear, well organized, and the plan/project is comprehensible.
All resources partially cited in APA format (websites and print resources).

Writing grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors distract from the presentation. The style of writing, organization, and so forth makes the overall plan difficult to comprehend. Only URL is given for websites or incomplete print citations.

Complies with established class best practices for learning

All aspects of the plan complies with generally accepted best practices in the teaching of literature.

Most aspects of the plan complies with generally accepted best practices in the teaching of literature.

Several aspects of the plan does not complies with generally accepted best practices in the teaching of literature.

Connections to professional practice
and includes strategies and ideas to address Standards for the English Language Arts/Reading

Plan includes statement of standards to be addressed; goals and objectives.

Correlation between standards/goals & objectives and specific activities is clearly stated and apparent to the others.

Plan includes statement of standards to be addressed; goals and objectives.

Correlation between standards/goals & objectives and specific activities is not clearly stated or apparent to the others.

Plan does not include statement of standards to be addressed; goals and objectives.

Correlation between standards/goals & objectives and specific activities is not included since no standards, goals, etc. are included

Design of project is organized and follows standard models for lesson plan, book guide, and so forth. Project organization logical, follows standard format, and is appropriate to the type of project being presented.

Project organization is generally logical, follows standard format, and is appropriate to the type of project being presented. Project organization is not logical, follows standard format, or is not appropriate to the type of project being presented.

Submitted plan includes evidence of collaboration, feedback, and response to feedback. Statement appended to project providing information demonstrating successful collaboration with class members/classmates, their feedback, and presenter's response to that feedback. Statement appended to project providing information demonstrating a partially successful collaboration with class members/classmates, their feedback, and presenter's response to that feedback. Statement appended to project does not providing convincing information demonstrating successful collaboration with class members/classmates, their feedback, and presenter's response to that feedback.

TOTAL POINTS __80____

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CRITERIA	Exemplary	Proficient	Incomplete
Project's main focus is literature and literature standards/goals.	Includes appropriate literature standards/goals with evidence of integration with other disciplines.	Includes appropriate literature standards/goals with some evidence of integration with other disciplines	Includes appropriate literature standards/goals with little evidence of integration with other disciplines
Young Adult literature used as the basis for the final project is worthy of the project.	Literature is well reviewed and would be considered worthy without question. Includes appropriate bibliographic information for each resource title.	Literature is well reviewed but questions are present regarding worthiness for this particular project. Includes some bibliogrpahic information but not always consistent or information not complete.	Literature is not well reviewed or there is an obvious mismatch between project and selection of literature. Bibliographic information is sketchy -- not complete or is missing entirely.
Quality of Writing	Writing is free of grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. The style of writing is clear, well organized, and the plan/project is comprehensible. All resources cited in APA format (websites and print resources).	Writing is generally free of grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. The style of writing is clear, well organized, and the plan/project is comprehensible. All resources partially cited in APA format (websites and print resources).	Writing grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors distract from the presentation. The style of writing, organization, and so forth makes the overall plan difficult to comprehend. Only URL is given for websites or incomplete print citations.
Complies with established class best practices for learning	All aspects of the plan complies with generally accepted best practices in the teaching of literature.	Most aspects of the plan complies with generally accepted best practices in the teaching of literature.	Several aspects of the plan does not complies with generally accepted best practices in the teaching of literature.
Connections to professional practice and includes strategies and ideas to address Standards for the English Language Arts/Reading	Plan includes statement of standards to be addressed; goals and objectives. Correlation between standards/goals & objectives and specific activities is clearly stated and apparent to the others.	Plan includes statement of standards to be addressed; goals and objectives. Correlation between standards/goals & objectives and specific activities is not clearly stated or apparent to the others.	Plan does not include statement of standards to be addressed; goals and objectives. Correlation between standards/goals & objectives and specific activities is not included since no standards, goals, etc. are included
Design of project is organized and follows standard models for lesson plan, book guide, and so forth.	Project organization logical, follows standard format, and is appropriate to the type of project being presented.	Project organization is generally logical, follows standard format, and is appropriate to the type of project being presented.	Project organization is not logical, follows standard format, or is not appropriate to the type of project being presented.
Submitted plan includes evidence of collaboration, feedback, and response to feedback.	Statement appended to project providing information demonstrating successful collaboration with class members/classmates, their feedback, and presenter's response to that feedback.	Statement appended to project providing information demonstrating a partially successful collaboration with class members/classmates, their feedback, and presenter's response to that feedback.	Statement appended to project does not providing convincing information demonstrating successful collaboration with class members/classmates, their feedback, and presenter's response to that feedback.
TOTAL POINTS __80____