PSA Rubric

Expectation Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 R (Insufficient) Level

READING AND LITERATURE STUDIES (R1): Reading for Meaning R1
Extending Extends understanding of Extends understanding of texts Extends understanding of texts Extends understanding of texts Does not effectively extend
Understanding oftexts by making appropriate by making appropriate and by making appropriate and by making appropriate and understanding of texts by
Texts (1.5) and increasingly rich increasingly rich connections increasingly rich connections increasingly rich connections making appropriate and
connections between the between the ideas in them between the ideas in them and between the ideas in them and increasingly rich connections
ideas in them and personal and personal experience, personal experience, other personal experience, other between the ideas in them and
experience, other texts, other texts, and/or the world texts, and/or the world around texts and/or the world around personal experience, other
and/or the world around around them with them with some effectiveness them with limited effectiveness texts and/or the world around
them with a high degree of considerable effectiveness them
effectiveness
ORAL COMMUNICATION (O2): Speaking to Communicate O2
Diction and Uses appropriate words, Uses appropriate words, Uses appropriate words, Uses appropriate words, Does not effectively use
Devices (2.4) phrases, and terminology phrases, and terminology phrases, and terminology phrases, and terminology appropriate words, phrases,
to effectively communicate to effectively communicate to effectively communicate to effectively communicate and terminology to effectively
their meaning and engage their meaning and engage their meaning and engage their their meaning and engage their communicate their meaning
their intended audience with their intended audience with intended audience with some intended audience with limited and engage their intended
a high degree of effectiveness considerable effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness audience
Vocal Strategies Identifies and uses a variety of Identifies and uses a variety of Identifies and uses a variety of Identifies and uses a variety of Does not effectively identify or
(2.5) vocal strategies, including vocal strategies, including vocal strategies, including tone, vocal strategies, including tone, use a variety of vocal
tone, pace, pitch, and volume tone, pace, pitch, and volume pace, pitch, and volume with pace, pitch, and volume with strategies, including tone,
with a high degree of with considerable some effectiveness limited effectiveness pace, pitch, and volume
effectiveness effectiveness
Non-verbal Cues Identifies and uses a variety of Identifies and uses a variety of Identifies and uses a variety of Identifies and uses a variety of Does not effectively identify or
(2.6) non-verbal cues, including non-verbal cues, including non-verbal cues, including non-verbal cues, including use a variety of non-verbal
facial expressions, gesture, facial expressions, gesture, facial expressions, gesture, and facial expressions, gesture, and cues, including facial
and eye contact with a high and eye contact with eye contact with some eye contact with limited expressions, gesture, and eye
degree of effectiveness considerable effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness contact
MEDIA STUDIES (M3): Creating Media Texts M3
Producing Media Produces media texts for a Produces media texts for a Produces media texts for a Produces media texts for a Does not effectively produce
Texts (3.4) variety of purposes and variety of purposes and variety of purposes and variety of purposes and media texts for a variety of
audiences, using appropriate audiences, using appropriate audiences, using appropriate audiences, using appropriate purposes and audiences, using
forms, conventions, and forms, conventions, and forms, conventions, and forms, conventions, and appropriate forms,
techniques with a high degree techniques with considerable techniques with some techniques with limited conventions, and techniques
of effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness

Conventions and Identifies a variety of
Techniques (3.3) conventions and/or
techniques appropriate to a
media form they plan to use,
and explain how these will
help them communicate
meaning with a high degree of
effectiveness
Identifies a variety
conventions and/or
techniques appropriate to a
media form they plan to use,
and explain how these will
help them communicate
meaning with considerable
effectiveness
Identifies a variety of
conventions and/or
techniques appropriate to a
media form they plan to use,
and explain how these will
help them communicate
meaning with some
effectiveness
Identifies a variety of
conventions and/or techniques
appropriate to a media form
they plan to use, and explain
how these will help them
communicate meaning with
limited effectiveness
Does not effectively identify a
variety of different
conventions and/or
techniques, nor explain how
they help communicate
meaning .