Socratic Seminar Grading Rubric

Name:

Period:

Date:

Total Points

 

Uses text- Examples/ evidence from videos, notes, and textbook. Use them during the Socratic Seminar. Refer to them for evidence. Evidence and examples are essential to your grade and are a habit of mind you should have. Use the texts for your evidence.

Number of Comments- How often did you speak? Did you interrupt people? Don't talk to the teacher, talk to the class. You will lose points if you are talking while others are trying to score points.

Use habits of mind- Repeat the question in the answer, give evidence, state connections to other topics, state the significance of what you are saying, "what if", and state the other side. Be obvious in the use.

Quality of Comments - A quality comment offers a new idea, not yet expressed, or the comment takes a new approach to previously stated ideas and the comment applies the habits of mind.


Evaluation Rubric -80 points possible, teacher may give points in between divisions (ex. 11/15)

A. Number of comments

no comments.
0 points

1 comment
5 points

2 comments
8.pts

3 comments
1
2 pts.

4+ comm.
15 pts.

.B. Quality of comments.

Does not comment
0 points

repeats others comments
5.pts

original ideas expressed
1
0 pts.

original, deep comments, new ideas, reasons, uses the habits o of mind
15 pts.

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C. Text Reference

no reference to texts
0 points

2 references to text
8 pts

3 references to text
1
2 pts.

4+ references to text
15 pts.

D. Clearly demonstrates "Habits of Mind."

no habits of mind demonstrated
0 points

2 habits demonstrated
8.pts

3 habits demonstrated
12
pts.

4+ habits demonstrated
15 pts.

E. Connection to the Constitution, historical documents or economic principles 

no connection
0 points

2 references connections
10pts

3 connections
1
5 pts.

4+ connections
20 pts.

 

 

A___+B___+C___+D___+ = Total _______/80