Grading Rubric for Holocaust Museum Project

  Strong  Work   Needs   Unsatisfactory  

Development  
Accuracy  of   Dialogue represents Some parts of dialogue Positions taken in the
Understanding   accurate understanding are not accurate, given dialogue are inaccurate
of each position, the positions that the and reflect little
correctly adapting and interlocutors are understanding of the
applying the ideas to supposed to represent   texts or other sources
the context of the (Holocaust Museum,
dialogue   etc.)  
Depth  of   Dialogue is not only Dialogue reflects some Dialogue could have
Understanding   accurate but also depth but other parts been written entirely
reflects thoughtful are based on class from lectures and class
understanding of texts, discussion or discussion, reflects no
concepts, and a variety superficial reading, deep reading of the text
of views relying on in- observation, and or serious
depth reading, keen thought   consideration of the
observation, and Holocaust Museum
imagination, and not experience  
only on ideas covered
in class  
Faithfulness  to   Choice of characters Use of dialogue form Characters and setting
dialogue   and setting help only partially have little relationship
advance points being successful in delivering to points made. Use of
conventions  
made. Dialogue the author’s main dialogue form does not
presents a diversity of points   really help advance the
positions in dramatic ideas  
fashion, and leads to
interesting evolution of
answers  
Insight   Helps readers (such as Some insights, but Very little insight
a member of this class) other parts of dialogue added to material,
gain significant would be obvious to dialogue does not give
insights into the issues anyone who had read evidence of deep
and material   assigned material thought about the
carefully and had material  
listened class lectures
and discussion
attentively  
Mechanics   Nearly flawless Grammar, spelling, Serious problems with
grammar, spelling, and word choice, sentence grammar, spelling,
word choice; sentences structure and/or word word choice, sentence
read smoothly and are economy need structure and/or word
clear without being attention   economy  
wordy  

An A-level paper will be strong in most categories; B papers will be strong in some but need development in
others; C papers need significant development; D papers are typically unsatisfactory in most categories; most
people who get F’s haven’t read these criteria.  
 

Adapted  from  John  Immerwahr’s  “Rubric  for  Evaluating  Dialogue,”  Villanova  University,  August  15,  2008.  
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