WebQuest+Rubrics

Collaborative Work Skills : WebQuest Folder


 * Ms. McKinney**


 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Contributions || Routinely provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. A definite leader who contributes a lot of effort. || Usually provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. A strong group member who tries hard! || Sometimes provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. A satisfactory group member who does what is required. || Rarely provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. May refuse to participate. ||
 * Time-management || Routinely uses time well throughout the project to ensure things get done on time. Group does not have to adjust deadlines or work responsibilities because of this person's procrastination. || Usually uses time well throughout the project, but may have procrastinated on one thing. Group does not have to adjust deadlines or work responsibilities because of this person's procrastination. || Tends to procrastinate, but always gets things done by the deadlines. Group does not have to adjust deadlines or work responsibilities because of this person's procrastination. || Rarely gets things done by the deadlines AND group has to adjust deadlines or work responsibilities because of this person's inadequate time management. ||
 * Working with Others || Almost always listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Tries to keep people working well together. || Usually listens to, shares, with, and supports the efforts of others. Does not cause "waves" in the group. || Often listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others, but sometimes is not a good team member. || Rarely listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Often is not a good team player. ||
 * Focus on the task || Consistently stays focused on the task and what needs to be done. Very self-directed. || Focuses on the task and what needs to be done most of the time. Other group members can count on this person. || Focuses on the task and what needs to be done some of the time. Other group members must sometimes nag, prod, and remind to keep this person on-task. || Rarely focuses on the task and what needs to be done. Lets others do the work. ||
 * Monitors Group Effectiveness || Routinely monitors the effectiveness of the group, and makes suggestions to make it more effective. || Routinely monitors the effectiveness of the group and works to make the group more effective. || Occasionally monitors the effectiveness of the group and works to make the group more effective. || Rarely monitors the effectiveness of the group and does not work to make it more effective. ||

Poster Rubric -

Webquest Poster Rubric

 * CATEGORY || Geography || Poster board || Color/Presentation || Pictures || Folk tale ||
 * Above and Beyond || You reseached and represented the geography of your region by providing populations, land lay-out, and other useful information. || You used all the space on your posterboard and were creative in what you put on it and where you put it. You board is bursting with correct information. || You used color. || You choice pictures associated with the culture of your specific folk tale. || You posted a well told folk tale that has lots of detail. ||
 * You tried your best || You found some information but assumed that your audeicne was familiar with the land. || You pasted some pictures and information you found from one place and thought was interesting. || You used some color. || You found some pictures having to do with the region, but not the folk tale. || You found a folk tale but it doesn't have a lot of detail but it a good story. ||
 * Average, you did the minimum || You put a map on your poster but didn't explain it. || You posted some information and left most of the thinking to your audience, or you can't explain why you put that picture there. || Color wasn't requred. || You posted some pretty stuff. || You found a folk tale that you can't prove is from your region. Meaning it says nothing about the culture. ||
 * Did you understand the assignment? || You forgot to research goegraphy. || You didn't use a poster board. || You are colorblind. || There are no pictures. || You didn't find a folk tale at all. ||

Oral Presentation Rubric : Webquest original folk tale.

 * Ms. McKinney**


 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Content || Shows a full understanding of the topic. You produced an original folk tale that mimics the culture you researched. || Shows a good understanding of the topic. || Shows a good understanding of parts of the topic. || Does not seem to understand the topic very well. ||
 * Volume || Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members throughout the presentation. || Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members at least 90% of the time. || Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members at least 80% of the time. || Volume often too soft to be heard by all audience members. ||
 * Speaks Clearly || Speaks clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, and mispronounces no words. || Speaks clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, but mispronounces one word. || Speaks clearly and distinctly most ( 94-85%) of the time. Mispronounces no more than one word. || Often mumbles or can not be understood OR mispronounces more than one word. ||

Story Writing : Original Folk Tale


 * Ms. McKinney**


 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Focus on Assigned Topic || The entire story is related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to understand much more about the region of study. || Most of the story is related to the assigned topic. The story wanders off at one point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic. || Some of the story is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic. || No attempt has been made to relate the story to the assigned topic. ||
 * Setting || Many vivid, descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took place. || Some vivid, descriptive words are used to tell the audience when and where the story took place. || The reader can figure out when and where the story took place, but the author didn't supply much detail. || The reader has trouble figuring out when and where the story took place. ||
 * Accuracy of Facts || All facts presented in the story are accurate. || Almost all facts presented in the story are accurate. || Most facts presented in the story are accurate (at least 70%). || There are several factual errors in the story. ||
 * Characters || The main characters are named and clearly described in text as well as pictures. Most readers could describe the characters accurately. And they relate to their region. || The main characters are named and described. Most readers would have some idea of what the characters looked like. || The main characters are named. The reader knows very little about the characters. || It is hard to tell who the main characters are. ||
 * Neatness || The final draft of the story is readable, clean, neat and attractive. It is free of erasures and crossed-out words. It looks like the author took great pride in it. || The final draft of the story is readable, neat and attractive. It may have one or two erasures, but they are not distracting. It looks like the author took some pride in it. || The final draft of the story is readable and some of the pages are attractive. It looks like parts of it might have been done in a hurry. || The final draft is not neat or attractive. It looks like the student just wanted to get it done and didn't care what it looked like. ||