Discussion Rubric

Follow this rubric closely when you are participating in your expert discussion and your home group
discussion.
1

Asking Follow-Up
Questions they
should be original
and ask for more
than a simple
elaboration

Students only ask

one follow-up
question in either
the expert group
or the home
group.

Students ask 1
follow-up
question in both
the expert group
and home group

Students ask 2
follow-up
questions in both
the expert group
and home group.

Students ask 3 or
more follow-up
questions in both
the expert and
home group.

Using Supporting
Evidence
collected directly
from the webpage
or previous
knowledge

Students use
supporting
evidence only
once in both
groups.

Students use
supporting
evidence 2-3
times in both
groups.

Students use
supporting
evidence 4-5
times in both
groups.

Students use
supporting
evidence more
than 5 times in
both groups.

Making
Connections
either among the
reform
movements or
previous ideas

Students do not
make any
connections in
either group.

Students make at
least one
connection in
either of their
groups.

Students make 12 connections in

both the expert
and home group.

Students make
more than 2
connections in
both groups.

Using Sentence
Frames Using
the sentence
frames given or
one created by
you.

Students use only

one sentence
frame during both
home and expert
group discussions.

Students use a
sentence frame in
the expert
discussion and in
the group
discussion.

Students use 2
sentence frames
in both group
discussions.

Students use
more than 2
sentence frames
in both group
discussions.

Offering New
Ideas New ideas
that are original
and contain some
level of critical
thinking skills.

Students do not
offer any new,
original ideas.

Students offer
one new, original
idea in either one
of their groups.

Students offer 2
new, original
ideas in both of
their group.

Students offer
more than 2 new,
original ideas in
both groups.