San Diego Jewish Academy High School Humanities Grading Rubric

As the faculty of San Diego Jewish Academy, we believe the following rubric illustrates the traits that will make you a successful learner. This type of assessment tool encourages students to emphasize the process of learning as opposed to making their primary focus the pursuit of points to get a good grade.

Your grade will be determined by achievement in the areas below.

As a student, you are:

Always (A), mostly (B), sometimes (C), or infrequently (D/F)

• creating appropriate goals, focus, or topic areas; self-motivated.
• collecting and ordering information that fulfills goals; using time wisely in class.
• presenting that information with clarity, grace; revision and editing are apparent.
• taking risks and showing initiative.
• Participating, voluntarily and when called on, in collaborative projects and activities (class discussions, response groups, peer editing, readings, email responses).
• clearly reflecting on your learning using metacognitive tools such as asking questions, problem-solving, adjusting your time management, record-keeping, note-taking, or organization to be successful as a learner.
• up-to-date with required assignments: assignments (you must have completed ALL assignments to earn an "A" in course)
• Completing assignments with care, quality, and insight: points, %

A current area of particular strength for you is:

To strengthen yourself further as a learner in this class, you could: