Blog

Reflection Scale

Reflection #:__________

Score on Reflection:________

Grade:___________

Ratings Scale

Exceptional

Depth of
Reflection

Language
Use

The blog post is focused and

coherently integrates
examples with explanations
or analysis. The post
demonstrates awareness of
its own limitations or
implications, and it considers
multiple perspectives when
appropriate. The entry
reflects in-depth
engagement with the topic.

Use stylistically
sophisticated language
that is precise and
engaging, with notable
sense of voice,
awareness of audience
and purpose, and
varied sentence
structure.

Underdeveloped

Limited

The blog post is

reasonably focused, and
explanations or analysis
are mostly based on
examples or other
evidence. Fewer
connections are made
between ideas, and
though new insights are
offered, they are not fully
developed. The post
reflects moderate
engagement with the
topic.
Use language that is
fluent and original,
with evident a sense
of voice, awareness
of audience and
purpose, and the
ability to vary
sentence structure.

The blog post is mostly

description or
summary, without
consideration of
alternative
perspectives, and few
connections are made
between ideas. The
post reflects passing
engagement with the
topic.

The blog post is unfocused, or

simply rehashes previous
comments, and displays no
evidence of student
engagement with the topic.

The blog post is missing or

consists of one or two
disconnected sentences.

Use basic but

appropriate
language, with a
basic sense of
voice, some
awareness of
audience and
purpose and some
attempt to vary
sentence
structure.

Use language that is

vague or imprecise for
the audience or
purpose, with little
sense of voice, and a
limited awareness of
how to vary sentence
structure.

Use language that is

unsuitable for the
audience and purpose,
with little or no
awareness of sentence
structure.

Use of
Textual
Evidence and
Class Content

Use specific and

convincing examples
from the texts and
films studied to
support claims in your

No Credit/Not
Submitted

Satisfactory

Use relevant
examples from the
texts and films
studied to support
claims in your own

Use examples from
the text and films
to support most
claims in your
writing with some

Use incomplete or
vaguely developed
examples to only
partially support claims
with no connections

No examples from the

text are used and
claims made in your
own writing are
unsupported and

Blog Reflection Scale

Reflection #:__________

own writing, making

insightful and
applicable connections
between texts and
films.

writing, making
applicable
connections between
texts and films.

Score on Reflection:________
connections made
between texts and
films.

Grade:___________

made between texts

and films.

irrelevant to the topic

at hand.

Conventions

Demonstrate control of
the conventions with
essentially no errors,
even with sophisticated
language.

Demonstrate control
of the conventions,
exhibiting occasional
errors only when
using sophisticated
language.

Demonstrate
partial control of
the conventions,
exhibiting
occasional errors
that do not hinder
comprehension.

Demonstrate limited
control of the
conventions, exhibiting
frequent errors that
make comprehension
difficult.

Demonstrate little or
no control of the
conventions, making
comprehension almost
impossible.