One aspect I noticed was that the summative score average decreased .81%. A possible explanation would be an interruption of our class to 1x per week for 2 consecutive weeks due to STAR testing, a minimum day for professional development in the form of the San Diego Writing Project presentation and a national holiday.
After discussing with the students what they felt about the experience, everyone overwhelmingly agreed that a rubric would be more helpful. I initially gave them 3 guidelines to follow hoping the purposely open-ended rubric would spark creativty, which it did, but it also raised stress levels stemming from uncertainty. Some groups chose not to share their work with me on Google Drive before the due date as instructed or failed to incorporate notes/suggestions given.
I took the opportunity to make a rubric with the students based on 4 categories they felt were the most important. Below is what what we agreed would be more helpful for the next Chapter.
I took the opportunity to make a rubric with the students based on 4 categories they felt were the most important. Below is what what we agreed would be more helpful for the next Chapter.