CRITERION

Excellent

Satisfactory

Opportunity for Rethinking

Conventions of the Genre

The student’s composition looked and read as professionally produced because the student adhered to nearly all commonly-accepted conventions of the composition’s genre.  

The student’s composition looked and read as student produced because the student adhered to several but not all commonly-accepted conventions of the composition’s genre.  

The student’s composition looked and read as superficially produced because the student adhered to few commonly-accepted conventions of the composition’s genre.  

Specific Visual and Language Analysis Skills

The student analyzed and composed with consistent and specific infusions of visual and language synthesis within richly layered content.

The student analyzed and composed with periodic and occasional infusions of visual and language explanations within a few layers of content.

The student did not analyze and compose with infusions of visual and language synthesis or explanations and provided only a one-dimensional content.

Balance of Text and Visuals

The digital layout was very appealing due to its well-designed balance of textual and visual elements.

The digital layout was adequately appealing due to its acceptable design and relative balance of textual and visual elements.

The digital layout needed more appeal due to its lack of acceptable design and its weak balance of textual and visual elements.

Continuity/ Logical Flow

The composition had extensive continuity due to cohesion and consistent logical flow among all its different parts.

The composition had adequate continuity due to some cohesion and a relative logical flow among most of its different parts.

The composition had little continuity due to a lack of cohesion and little consistent, logical flow among its different parts.

Voice

The student’s authentic, original voice resonated throughout the composition due to descriptive, efficient, and compressed language choices.

The student’s authentic, original voice emerged in the composition occasionally due to some descriptive, efficient, or compressed language choices.

The student’s authentic, original voice did not emerge in the composition due to a lack of descriptive, efficient, and compressed language choices.

Self-Reflection and Critical Distancing Strategies

The student analyzed texts in ways that were deeply reflective and which demonstrated intensive critical distance from textual messages.

The student analyzed texts in ways that were relatively reflective and which demonstrated some critical distance from textual messages.

The student analyzed texts in ways that lacked  reflection and which demonstrated no critical distance from textual messages.

Composing with a Vision for Sports and Social Equity

The student composed with a keen and explicit vision for sports and social equity that fostered intensive reader contemplation.

The student composed with a relatively compelling vision for sports and social equity that fostered some reader contemplation.

The student did not compose with a vision for sports and social equity and did not foster reader contemplation.