Rubrics for Constructing Support, Content, and Mechanics

Concerning the Debate over Lake Tahoe

Constructing support is the process of building systems of support for assertions.

Makes a claim based on observations or evidence (2x)

4 ! Makes a claim based on observations or evidence that have been carefully and thoroughly considered.
3 ! Makes a claim based on observations or evidence.
2 ! Makes a claim that is not well thought out.
1 ! Makes a claim without any consideration of observations or evidence.

Provides information that elaborates on or explains the claim. (2x)

4 ! Provides clear, complete, relevant, and convincing information and examples for a claim. Considers what
! ! information and examples are missing and explains using visuals
3 ! Provides clear, sufficient, and relevant information and examples for a claim.
2 ! Provides some relevant information and examples for a claim, but provides some that are not relevant.
1 ! Provides information and examples for a claim that are not relevant to the claim.

Qualifies or restricts a claim (1x)

4! Carefully provides relevant and reasoned qualifications or restrictions for a claim, resulting in a well-defended
! claim.
3! Provides relevant qualifications or restrictions for a claim.
2! Provides qualifications or restrictions for a claim that represent some misconceptions about the topic; or
! ! leaves out some relevant qualifications or restrictions.
1! Provides qualifications or restrictions for a claim that represent serious misconceptions about the topic; or
! ! provides irrelevant qualifications or restrictions.

Knowledge of Content (3x)

4! Expresses full understanding of the issues involving the environmental and property owner conflict.
3! Expresses a basic understanding of the issues and participants involved in the dispute over the proposed
! development.
2! Expresses some understanding of the issues involved in the proposed development with some misunderstandings.
1! Does not express an understanding of the basic elements that are involved in the Tahoe dispute.

Presentation
Paper Mechanics
Mechanics (2x) (2x)

4! Appropriate visuals are used: pictures, charts, graphs, video.

3! Some visuals are used.
2! A few visuals are presented, lacked some video and or / graphs
1! Few visuals provided.