Jacobson Student’s Name:_____________

Reaction Paper Rubric

Aspect Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary

Identifies Identifies feeling(s), has a

Identifies feeling(s)
Feeling Identifies feeling(s) & has a clear and supported
and speculates
some reasonable hypothesis about its
about the cause of
feeling(s) hypothesis about origins, development, and
it
it origins connection to course

Comments on prior
Intellectual – Describes prior Outlines prior knowledge,
knowledge and
knowledge and Knew little knowledge and impressions, and
interests in a
thoughts and had not interests in misconceptions. Uses
global way—no
thought about specific terms; relevant skills, course
specific related
the topic relates topic to knowledge, and specific
experiences/textual
text quotations from the text
references

Importance/ Describes local and wider

Significance Has no idea Describes some Describes importance. Some
of any importance to a importance to explanation of why the
importance to discrete group of immediate and topic or issue is important
the topic individuals extended groups to more that the
immediate group

Refers to other
No further Identifies possible sources of Consulted other sources
Additional information additional sources information but and integrated the
Information sought or but does not does not integrate information in the
desired consult them them into the reaction paper
paper
Sloppy report
with
Writing numerous Error free, well written
Sloppy report but Neat report: one
grammatical report; follows MLA
few errors or two errors
and citation guidelines
punctuation
errors

Total possible Score 50 points

Student Score: __________