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Quality Blogging for Language Learners - A Rubric

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3 - 4 M a r k s

The post or posts have very badspelling and contain grammatical errors. These errors make it difficult tounderstand what the writer is trying tosay. The posts are short, usually just 1or 2 sentences. They don’t havestructure and don’t flow. The posts looklike they were written very quickly. Theyrarely contain links or photos. The simple posts do not have insight, depthor are superficial. The posts are short andare frequently irrelevant to the events. They do not express the writer’s opinionclearly and show little understanding. The posts areirregular. Eventsare not blogged asthey occur. Mostof the commentson the blog haveno replies. The writer rarelyleaves commentson otherstudents’ blogs. The commentshave littlerelevance to thepost and do notengage the blogauthor.

5 - 6 M a r k s

Some of the posts have bad spelling andcontain grammatical errors. Theseerrors sometimes make it difficult tounderstand what the writer is trying tosay. The posts have some structure, butthe entries do not always flow or showconnection between entries. The blogpost may contain a link or image. The blog posts show some insight, depth &are connected with events, the topic or theactivity. Posts are typically short and maycontain some irrelevant material. There aresome personal comments or opinions whichmay be relevant to the task. The postsshows some understanding of the topic. The posts aresometimes regularwith most keyevents beingblogged. Somecomments arereplied to. The writer leavesa few commentson otherstudents’ blogs. The commentshave somerelevance to thepost and attemptto engage theauthor.

7 - 8 M a r k s

There are not many spelling orgrammatical errors. These errors rarelymake it difficult to understand what thewriter is trying to say. The posts are wellstructured. The posts flow and haveconnection between the entries The journal posts contains appropriate linksor images. These are referred to withinthe text. The posts show insight & depth. Thecontent of posts are connected with events,topic or activity. These blog posts maycontain some irrelevant material but aremainly relevant to the task. The student'spersonal opinion is expressed in anappropriate style & these posts shows agood depth of understanding.Most events areblogged as theyhappen. Mostcomments arereplied to in atimely manner. The reply showsunderstanding. The writer leavescomments onother students’blogs. Thecomments areusually relevantto the post andengage theauthor.

Seth Dickens.

Adapted from “Andrew Churches Blog Journalling Rubric - Bloom's Digital Taxonomy”Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.5 License.