INTRODUCTION	TASK	PROCESS	EVALUATION	RESOURCES

Evaluation You will be evaluated on both your individual paper as well as the poster or brochure you create with other class members. The following two rubrics will be used in marking.

 

Rubric for Individual Paper

	Beginning (1)	Satisfactory (2)	Accomplished (3)	Excellent (4)
Data Collection Table	Absent or very minimally complete	Table mostly complete	Table complete	Table complete with many ideas in each section
Answers to the Six Questions in the Paper	Most questions unanswered. Information unclear	At least 4 questions attempted. Answers not comprehensive.	All  questions complete with the use of some specific examples	All questions thoroughly complete with use of specific examples
Conclusion	Conclusion absent or unconnected to the rest of the paper. Unsupported.	Conclusion present and has some ties to the evidence in the body of the paper.	Demonstrates a good correlation to the evidence given in the body of the paper.	Demonstrates a strong correlation to the evidence given in the body of the paper.
Presentation	unclear ideas, messy, serious grammatical errors	ideas mostly clear, grammatical errors present, fairly neat	ideas clear, few grammatical errors, neat	Very clear, concise, neat, with only one or two grammatical mistakes.

 
 

Rubric for Collaborative Poster/Brochure

	Beginning (1)	Satisfactory (2)	Accomplished (3)	Excellent (4)
Background Information (on area and eruption type)	Absent, incorrect or unclear information	Adequate information about eruption and chosen area.	Interesting information about eruption and chosen area.	Thorough coverage of information pertinant to the type of eruption as well as a particular area. Use of specifics.
Interesting Points	Absent, incorrect or unclear information	One of historical or present day facts, few with little elaboration	Present day as well as historical facts mentioned.	Many specific examples, present day as well as historical. Elaborated ideas.
Presentation	messy with no use of graphics or pictures	A few graphics and pictures present. Neat.	Graphics and pictures pertain to information presented. Neat.	Mounted and neat graphics and pictures  pertain to information presented. Information concise, not too wordy.