Happy Birthday, Oscar!

Aim: How do we create a rubric for assessing our performance in the Socratic seminar?

Do Now: Send Oscar happy birthday wishes on his blog. Then, review the Aim and step-by-step directions for 12/4/2013.

Today we'll create a rubric for assessing everyone's performance in the Socratic seminar. If you have no idea what is meant by "Socratic seminar," then you'll need to review the post for 12/4/2013.

Step 1: For structure, we will start with the Rubric for Blogs, which is a page here. As you will see, there are four basic criteria for all the rubrics:

• Learning Outcomes
• Ideas
• Writing Conventions
• Effort

Although there is a small writing piece to the day's activity, we'll need to change writing conventions to reflect the fact that most of this activity involves speaking AND listening.

Step 2: As we collaboratively create the rubric, think about what "exemplary" looks like for each of the four criteria. Refer to the standards below to understand the learning expectations for this activity.

Step 3: After the discussion you will be asked to evaluate your own performance based on the rubric we created, supporting your scores with specific and relevant evidence. 

Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.