Ethnographic Account of a Future Game Rubric

Writing Assignment Rubric 1

Teacher Name: James Gillette
Date: _____________________________________
Student Name: ________________________________________
CATEGORY
Organization

4
The pieces connect
seamlessly; it is a wellorganized account;

3
The pieces connect
adequately; it is an
adequately organized
account

Comprehension

Peers and the teacher

understand the account
well; there are a large
number of details that
make the game easy to
visualize

Peers and the teacher

understand the account
adequately; there are
enough details to
visualize the game

Genre

Follows all the important

rules of the genre; it
clearly represents the
genre while remaining
original, creative and in
the author's voice

Follows most of the

important rules of the
genre; it somewhat
represents the genre;
it is somewhat creative
and has a voice

Negotiation and
Teamwork

Obviously negotiated
meaning well with
teammates both in the
written piece and in the
representation; quality
work was produced

Reflection

Writing Process

Totals

Negotiated meaning
adequately with
teammates in the
written piece and in
the representation;
adequate work was
produced
Student clearly followed
Student showed evidence
through with his/her plan that he/she followed
from the last prompt, and through with his/her
completed the reflection
plan from the last
for this prompt
prompt; completed the
thoughtfully
reflection for this
prompt as well
It clearly used the writing Shows evidence of using
process very well
the writing process

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f a Future Game Rubric

ment Rubric 1

2
The pieces don\'t
connect well; it is an
inadequately organized
account

1
The pieces don\'t
connect at all; it is a
poorly organized account

Neither peers nor the

teacher understand the
account very well; there
are not enough details
to visualize the game
adequately

Neither peers nor the

teacher understand the
account at all; there
aren\'t hardly any
details and the game
cannot be visualized

Follows few of the

important rules of the
genre; it doesn\'t
adequately represent the
genre; it is not very
original, I cannot hear
a voice
Inadequately negotiated
meaning with teammates
in the written piece
and/or in the
representation;
inadequate work was
produced
Student showed little
evidence of having
followed through with
his/her plan from the
last prompt; reflection
was inadequate

Follows almost none of

the rules of the genre;
it does not represent
the genre; it is not
original, creative, nor
does it have a voice

Little evidence for

using the writing
process well

Clearly did not use the

writing process

Did not negotiate

meaning with teammates
in the written piece or
in the representation;
poor work was produced
Student did not follow
through with his/her
plan from the last
prompt; the reflection
was incomplete or poorly
done