Discussion Based Assessment – Graphic Design and Illustration A

Before your final exam is unlocked, you are required to participate in a discussion-based
assessment with your teacher. Prepare to answer the following questions by reviewing the units
for your course and your notes. Refer to the rubric for the grading criteria. Information pulled
directly from the Internet will not be accepted.
Discussion Questions:
 After reading about graphic design, give one example of graphic design that you’ve seen in your
life.
 What is the difference between organic and geometric shapes?
 Name the 6 principles of design.

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C 70-79 B 80-89 A 90-100
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Discussion Expectations
Basic Proficient Outstanding
Rubric
The responses
Some responses
are consistently
The responses are not on topic The responses
on topic and
do not relate to or are too brief are typically
bring insight
Relevance of the discussion or low level. related to the
into the
Response topic or are Responses may topic and initiate
discussion,
inappropriate or be of little value further
which initiates
irrelevant. (e.g., yes or no discussion.
additional
answers).
responses.
Ideas are Ideas are
presented expressed
Ideas are not Presentation of
coherently, clearly, with an
presented in a ideas is unclear,
although there is obvious
coherent or with little
Content of some lack of connection to
logical manner. evidence to back
Response connection to the topic. There
There are many up ideas. There
the topic. There are rare
grammar or are grammar or
are few grammar instances of
spelling errors. spelling errors.
or spelling grammar or
errors. spelling errors.
Participation The student does The student The student The student
not make any participates in participates in consistently
effort to some most discussions participates in
participate in the discussions but on a regular discussions on a
discussion. not on a regular basis but may regular basis.
 require some
basis. prompting to
post.