CRITERIA Distinguished High Proficient Proficient Near Beginner RATING

Proficient
5 4 3 2 1
Making a Makes many Makes Makes some Makes few Makes no
connection personal (or considerate personal (or personal (or personal (or
(Re-telling other) personal (or other) other) other)
experience) connections other) connections connections connections
with topic or connections with topic or with topic or with the topic or
theme. The with topic or theme. Little theme. theme. There
learning is theme. learning was Learning was was no
every evident Learning is still shown vague learning shown
every evident

Reflections/ Reflects well on Reflects on own Some reflection Little reflection No reflection on
Personal own work work Provides on own work on own work own work
Response Provides many examples Provides few Provides very Failed to
examples examples few examples provide
examples
Relevance to The journal is The journal is The journal is The journal The journal is
the Theme very relevant very relevant relevant and shows a little very irrelevant
and connected and connected connected to relevance and and has no
to the topic to the topic the topic but connection to connection to
some of its the topic the
portion are out theme
of theme
Creativity in The student The student is The student The writing skill The student
Writing shows creativity good in writing showed a of the student doesn't show
in his/her style thought there mediocre way doesn't meet any creativity in
in writing. The are technical of writing the standards writing skills.
journal was problems of his level. This results to
started and regarding his the confusion of
presented in an work the reader
interesting way

Neatness The writing is The writing is The writing was The writing was The reader
good and has nice and okay though bad but still cannot
no erasures. has no there are so understandable barely
The journal is erasures. many erasures. . There are understand
very neat Although there The journal is a plenty of what is written
are some little bit erasures that on the journal.
erasures. The neat makes it messy. The work is
journal is neat very messy.
Organization The The The The The
of Thought organization of organization of organization of organization of organization of
(Coherence) the sentences sentences are the words are the words are the words are
and paragraphs very okay bad and most very poor and
are exemplary good though but some of the of the all of the
some sentences are sentences are sentences are
sentences are not related. The not not related to
not related or whole related. The each other.
incoherent paragraph has whole Each paragraph
a thought paragraph is like fragment
somehow doesn't have a of sentences,
thought confusing

Total
 Rubrics in Assessing Student’s Reflective Journal

This rubric assesses student's reflective journal. This analytic rubric focuses on student's written output specifically how
the learner re-tell his/her personal experience, how he/she reflects on his own experiences, how relevant the essay to the
topic or theme, how he/she is creative in writing his/her essay, how neat his/her essay is, and how coherent his/her
thought is.