RUBRIC FOR RISK DEFINITION ESSAY AND PROCESS
3=strong
I. PARTICIPATION IN BRAINSTORMING
Student participated actively, provided several ideas
Student participated somewhat, provided at least 1 idea
Student did not participate
II. PARTICIPATION IN PEER EDITING
Student gave good feedback to peer
Student gave superficial or careless
feedback to peer
Student did not give feedback to peer
III. RISK WRITING (TWENTY-MINUTE WRITING)
Student demonstrated thinking above
and beyond what is expected
Student demonstrated average insight
and thought
Student demonstrated superficial
understanding of the topic
2=average
1=weak
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
IV. FINAL DRAFT OF RISK DEFINITION ESSAY

FOCUS
Essay stays on topic and does not deviate
Essay strays off topic at times
Essay strays off topic and stays off topic
DEFINITION
Student's definition of risk is clear
Student's definition of risk is somewhat
unclear
Student's definition of risk is vague
REFERENCE TO PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
Student shows a clear understanding of
ways that his/her personal experience
has impacted his/her view of risk
Student relates his/her personal
experience to the topic in a
superficial way
Student does not refer to his/her
personal experience in the essay
 ORGANIZATION
Essay is clear and makes sense
Essay is unclear in some spots
Essay is incoherent
 SUPPORT & ELABORATION
Essay provides multiple strong supports
for each point
Essay provides a few supports for
each point; support might be weak
Essay provides only one support for each
point or no support
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
USE OF QUOTES
Student's use of quotes is judicious, related to the topic
Student's use of quotes are unrelated to the topic
Student does not refer to quotes
3
2
1
 STYLE
Student uses an appropriate authoritative voice
Student uses a voice that is overly casual or informal
Student does not maintain a single voice throughout the essay
3
2
1

CONVENTIONS
Strong
Average
Weak
IV. REVISION
Final draft of essay shows great
improvement from rough draft
Final draft of essay shows slight
improvement from rough draft
Final draft of essay shows no
improvement from rough draft
3
2
1
3
2
1