Self-Assessment Rubric
| Grading Category | Excellent | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory |
| Effective Summarizing
(20%) |
Article is clearly explained; avoids listing; where there are quotes, they are short and well -embedded | Article is clearly explained; some listing; embedding quotes could be improved | Article is clearly explained; summarizing includes lots of listing; quotes are not well embedded |
| Responding
(15%) |
Use lots of clear description of personal experience and opinions to react | Uses some description and personal experience to respond, but could use more detail | Response may be too vague — not enough description and detail. |
| Third paragraph
(15%) |
Concludes with a clear plan for further research | Concludes with a possible plan for further research | Unsure about plan for further research |
| Social Steps
(25%) |
Talked to Dr. Wright more than once. Shared a lot on peer review discussion boards. | Talked to Dr. Wright at least once and shared some on peer review discussion boards. | Probably procrastinated too much for good social steps. |
| MLA Formatting
(15%) |
Maximum effort to create a correct Works Cited page; internal citation; page formatting. | Good effort to create a correct Works Cited page; internal citation; page formatting.
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Minimum effort to create a correct Works Cited page; internal citation; page formatting.
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| Editing
(10%) |
Followed steps on Revising/Editing doc. Sought help if needed. | Looked at the Revision/Editing doc, followed most suggestions. | Probably procrastinated too much to spend much time revising/editing. |
| Final Grade (out of 100)[1]: | 85 |
Reflection Letter
Write a letter below (use, as Giles suggests, “nice fat paragraphs”) where you consider these questions:
- How did your writing process for Project 1 go? What went well? What went not-so-well?
- What do you like about your project?
- Who is the audience you’re imagining and what specific ways have you tried to make your summary and your message interesting to them?
- Is there anything you’d like to say about your performance in a specific category on the assessment sheet?
- What went well about the revision process? You might include peer review, consulting with Dr. Wright, using the revision worksheet, seeing a tutor, and anything else relevant. How might you improve on this next time?
Dear Dr. Wright,
[1] Make this a number — 92 or 85 or 73— based on the weighted categories. No need to get super mathematical, but if you don’t do social steps, you’re losing out on 25% of the grade. As long as you’re thoughtful in your assessment and haven’t done anything unethical or against assignment requirements, I’ll let it stand even if I disagree with you.