Assignment 1 rubric

Note taking

Highlighting and Marking

Criteria 4 3 2 1-0
Highlighting (40%)
Highlighting The important The important The important The text shows
points and points and points and sparse or no
keywords are keywords are keywords are not highlighting/and or
highlighted and/or highlighted and/or highlighting and/or underlining.
underlined with underlined but underlined
appropriate sometimes sparingly. Its
accompanying excessively so. The difficult to
margin notes. accompanying understand the
notes are focus for the text
somewhat there. and the notes are
mostly missing too.
Use of a system (colour A system for colour The system of The system of No system has been
coding) coding ideas colour coding ideas colour coding is used for colour
hierarchically has for distinguishing inconsistent and coding information
4*2 been employed and them has been not clear. The at all.
the colours used used with colours are hard to
are not too many occasional lapse(s). read through.
nor One of the colours
jarring/disturbing used is
for readability. jarring/disturbing.
Annotation (60%)
Use of symbols Short-hand Some margin notes There are virtually The margin note or
annotations and short-hand no margin notes short-hand notation
demonstrate that notations are used. nor following a is sketchy or
the student has The notations proper notation missing. Ultimately
carefully read and demonstrate an method there are so few
considered the occasionally consistently. marks that the text
text’s meaning. thorough reading of Fleeting reading of appears not to have
the meaning. the text and been read
attempt is completely.
significantly below
expectations.
Main Ideas (def, keywords The comments and The comments and The comments and The comments and
and major ideas) notations clearly notation symbols notation symbols notations symbols
demarcate mostly show are not clear and are either missing
definitions, definitions, they do not include or show lack of
keywords and keywords and main all definitions, accurate
marking important points clearly. keywords and understanding.
points. important points.
Creative engagements
(ideas, questions, prompts,
notes to self)
Complexity
Organized
Clarity and accuracy
Total Marks: 36
Remarks:__________________________________________________________________________
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Annotations show Annotations Annotations either Annotations lack a
creative recorded mostly show a sloppy creative attempt at
relationship to the show creative attempt at creative connecting with the
passage. The relationship to the connection with the text and providing
notations express passage. The text with vague insights.
counter-ideas, notations markings on further
emotional somewhat express ideas, questions or
responses such as counter-ideas, reminders.
shock, confusion or emotional
anger etc., responses such as
questions that shock, confusion or
come up in anger etc.,
response to questions that
content, and notes show responses to
to self for later ideas with 1-2
reading or thought. lapses.
The comments The comments The comments lack The comments are
exhibit depth, exhibit depth, depth of missing or
fullness of fullness of understanding and nonsensical.
understanding, and understanding and sometimes the right
complexity of complexity of questions and
thought in trying to thought mostly in engagement with
appreciate and appreciating and ideas reader agrees
question ideas. questioning ideas. with.
Body of interpretive Body of interpretive Body of interpretive The text is
comments has a comments mostly comments lack a unmarked.
logical structure, has a logical structure and
with each point structure, with comprehensiveness
connected to the points connected to related to language,
previous and the previous and structure, themes
following points; following points; or context of ideas
the writer doesn’t the writer doesn’t within passage.
offer a list of ideas offer a list of ideas
related to the related to the
language, structure, language, structure,
themes or contexts themes or contexts
of the passage. The of the passage. The
annotation includes annotation includes
all required almost all required
elements. elements.
Writer expresses Writer somewhat Writer fails to Writer’s thoughts
ideas clearly, and expresses ideas clearly link ideas on text have not
commentary clearly and and comment on been made clear at
contains few, if any, commentary them with all
grammatical and contains only a grammatical or
mechanical errors. minor grammatical accuracy Grammatical and
or mechanical maintained. mechanical errors
error. are common.