Pros / Cons Pros and cons are Few pros/cons are Several pros/cons not included included, or they are are included and poorly explained they are clearly explained Future Doesn’t discuss Future Future consequences Implications future consequences consequences are are clearly explained, included but are including possible vague or inaccurate solutions Picture No picture included Picture included, Picture is related to but is black and topic and is in color white or unrelated Collaboration Quilt square wasn’t Square fits with Square fits with with other designed to mesh group members but group members and quilt squares with group doesn’t share design shows clear evidence members (not features; shows lack of group planning oriented in same of collaboration and shared design direction, etc) Neatness Poster is sloppy Poster has some Poster is neat, design (lots of erasures, erasures, lacks is well thought out, etc), disorganized, polished design, words are spelled lots of misspelled some misspelled correctly words words Use of space Large areas of the Some areas are Nearly all areas of poster square are blank but most of the square are full of blank the space is used information related to the topic Sourcing Information is Information has information copied directly from clearly been source material rewritten into student’s own words (no plagiarism)
Pros / Cons Pros and cons are not included Few pros/cons are included, or they are poorly explained Several pros/cons are included and they are clearly explained Future Implications Doesn’t discuss future consequences Future consequences are included but are vague or inaccurate Future consequences are clearly explained, including possible solutions Picture No picture included Picture included, but is black and white or unrelated Picture is related to topic and is in color Collaboration with other quilt squares Quilt square wasn’t designed to mesh with group members (not oriented in same direction, etc) Square fits with group members but doesn’t share design features; shows lack of collaboration Square fits with group members and shows clear evidence of group planning and shared design Neatness Poster is sloppy (lots of erasures, etc), disorganized, lots of misspelled words Poster has some erasures, lacks polished design, some misspelled words Poster is neat, design is well thought out, words are spelled correctly Use of space Large areas of the poster square are blank Some areas are blank but most of the space is used Nearly all areas of the square are full of information related to the topic Sourcing information Information is copied directly from source material Information has clearly been rewritten into student’s own words (no plagiarism)