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The Rebellions of 1837 and 1838 Summative Debate Rubric (Group and Individual)
Student Name: ________________________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________

Level
Excellent
Criteria
The whole group shows
clear understanding of
their sides perspective.
They arrive prepared, and
consistently uphold
suitable, convincing, and
Group Defense reasoned arguments for
their side.
Proficient
The whole group
generally shows clear
understanding of their
sides perspective. They
arrive generally prepared,
and generally uphold
suitable, convincing, and
reasoned arguments for
their side, but may have a
slip up once or a few
times where they
contradict themselves or
are unclear.
Adequate
The whole group
sometimes shows clear
understanding of their
sides perspective. They
arrive somewhat prepared,
and sometimes uphold
suitable, convincing, and
reasoned arguments for
their side, but have many
slip ups where they
contradict themselves or
are unclear.
Limited* Insufficient/
Blank*
The whole group rarely No score is
shows clear understanding awarded because
of their sides perspective. there is insufficient
They arrive mostly evidence of student
unprepared, and rarely performance based
uphold suitable, on the requirements
convincing, and reasoned of the assessment
arguments for their side. task.
They have slip ups,
contradict themselves, and
are unclear most of the
time.

The whole group
attentively listens to the
other groups arguments,
questions, and ideas. The
whole group clarifies and
responds appropriately to
the arguments, questions,
and ideas posed by the
other side.
Group Offense
The whole group
generally listens
attentively to the other
groups arguments,
questions, and ideas. The
whole group generally
clarifies and responds
appropriately to the
arguments, questions, and
ideas posed by the other
side.
The whole group
sometimes listens
attentively to the other
groups arguments,
questions, and ideas. The
whole group sometimes
clarifies and responds
appropriately to the
arguments, questions, and
ideas posed by the other
side; but will occasionally
say inappropriate things or
act inappropriately (ie.
responds with a personal
attack; refuses to share
information or elaborate
on idea when asked, when
they could politely
The whole group rarely
listens attentively to the
other groups arguments,
questions, and ideas. The
whole group rarely
clarifies and responds
appropriately to the
arguments, questions, and
ideas posed by the other
side; and will sometimes
or often say inappropriate
things or act
inappropriately (ie.
responds with a personal
attack; refuses to share
information or elaborate
on idea when asked, when
they could politely

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decline). decline).

The student group shows
clear understanding of
their sides perspective
when they are able to do
so. They arrive prepared,
and consistently uphold
suitable, convincing, and
Individual Defense reasoned arguments for
their side.
The student generally
shows clear understanding
of their sides perspective of their sides perspective.
when they are able to do
so. They arrive generally
prepared, and generally
uphold suitable,
convincing, and reasoned
arguments for their side,
but may have a slip up
once or a few times where
they contradict themselves
or are unclear.
The student sometimes
shows clear understanding
their sides perspective.
They arrive somewhat
prepared, and sometimes
uphold suitable,
convincing, and reasoned
arguments for their side,
but have many slip ups
where they contradict
themselves or are unclear.
The student rarely shows
clear understanding of
They arrive mostly
unprepared, and rarely
uphold suitable,
convincing, and reasoned
arguments for their side.
They have slip ups,
contradict themselves, and
are unclear most of the
time.

The student group
attentively listens to the
other groups arguments,
questions, and ideas. The
student clarifies and
responds appropriately to
the arguments, questions,
and ideas posed by the
Individual Offense other side when they are
able to do so.
The student generally
listens attentively to the
other groups arguments, other groups arguments,
questions, and ideas. The
student generally clarifies
and responds
appropriately to the
arguments, questions, and
ideas posed by the other
side when they are able to
do so.
The student sometimes
listens attentively to the
groups arguments,
questions, and ideas. The
student sometimes
clarifies and responds
appropriately to the
arguments, questions, and
ideas posed by the other
side; but will occasionally
say inappropriate things or
act inappropriately (ie.
responds with a personal
attack; refuses to share
information or elaborate
on idea when asked, when
they could politely
decline).
The student rarely listens
attentively to the other
questions, and ideas. The
student rarely clarifies and
responds appropriately to
the arguments, questions,
and ideas posed by the
other side; and will
sometimes or often say
inappropriate things or act
inappropriately (ie.
responds with a personal
attack; refuses to share
information or elaborate
on idea when asked, when
they could politely
decline).

When work is judged to be limited or insufficient, the teacher makes decisions about appropriate intervention to help the student improve.

Alberta Assessment Consortium Rubric Template (updated July 2014) 2

AAC provides this template to assist teachers in developing rubrics for their own classroom use. As this template has been provided as a Word document, it is possible that the
template may have been changed/adapted by individual developers. AAC does not guarantee that any rubrics that have been developed using this template have been reviewed by
AAC, nor that these rubrics are part of the AAC collection. To view the current AAC rubric template, please visit www.aac.ab.ca and search under the Assessment Materials tab.