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Presentation/

Organization

-- Portfolio looks attractive and is

exceptionally well organized

-- Oral presentation is confident and well rehearsed

-- Portfolio looks professional and is organized clearly

-- Presentation has been rehearsed but lacks polish

-- Portfolio looks a bit ragged and/or is somewhat hard to follow

-- Presentation is unprepared or unfocused

-- Portfolio looks unprofessional and/’or disorganized

-- No evidence of preparation in oral presentation

Selections/

Reflections

-- Selections show evidence of thought – connection to the ideas in your reflections

-- Shows evidence of risk taking – effort to discuss strengths and weaknesses in honest, thoughtful way

-- Most selections show thoughtful connection to your reflections

-- Discusses strengths and weaknesses in clear way

-- Some selections show connection to reflections

-- Mentions strengths and weaknesses with no real thought about them

-- No evidence of connection to your reflections

-- No real evidence of thoughtfulness

Content

--Writing is mature – interesting ideas, appropriate organization, control of voice, word choice and sentence structure, and few errors

-- Reading rubric shows evidence that student reads a lot and reads thoughtfully

--Writing is clear – voice neither detracts from piece nor adds, organization is logical, ideas clear but have room for more subtlety and nuance, word choice and sentence structure clear; few distracting errors.

-- Student reads a respectable amount with some evidence of thoughtfulness

-- Writing is developing – some incomplete ideas, some inappropriate choices of voice, sentence structure or words, some organizational flaws, some distracting errors.

-- Student reads the minimum amount and is still developing the habits of a thoughtful reader

-- Writing is flawed – basic or incomplete ideas, serious organizational flaws, consistently inappropriate choices of voice, words, and sentences, many distracting errors.

-- Reader read less than the minimum and shows little if any evidence of thoughtfulness