Student Blog Rubric

Criteria
Content

Unacceptable
The content of
your post does
not relate to the
topic and or
shows limited
understanding
of the topic.

Acceptable
The content of
your post
provides some
knowledge of
the topic but is
not thorough.
The post reads
more as a
report of facts
than a reflection
on the topic.

Target
The content of
your post is
thorough and
directly relates
to the topic.
You display a
clear
understanding
of the topic and
encourage
commentary.
The post is
adequately
organized and
shows creativity
Post shows
proper grammar
usage,
including:
sentence
structure,
spelling,
capitalization,
punctuation,
subject-verb
agreement, and
word choice.

Conventions

The post shows

limited
understanding
of proper
conventions of
the English
language and
contains
numerous
errors.

Originality

The post is
plagiarized and
there are no
citations.

The information
for your post is
written in your
words but there
are 2 or fewer
errors in
citation.

No peer
comments have
been made

Your response is
respectful,
includes your
opinion, (if
necessary) and
relates to the

The information
for your post is
written in your
own words and
any references
to outside
sources are
properly cited.
Your response is
respectful,
thoroughly
relates to the
original post,
and includes

Peer Comments

original post.

new information
that encourages
further
commentary.