1. Grade 7 Wellness Unit 2 Rubric: student led lesson & magazine article
By the end of this performance task, students will be able to:
W2 Understand that the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology and other factors affect health behaviors
W3 Understand that practicing health-enhancing behaviors can avoid or reduce health risks.
Exemplary (E)
Critical thinking/
Problem solving (10 pts)
M.W3.1 demonstrate healthy
practices and behaviors that will
maintain or improve the health of
self and others
M.W3.2 demonstrate behaviors that
avoid or reduce health risks to self
and others
M.W4.2 demonstrate how to
influence and support others to
make positive health choices
Communication/ Language (10
pts)
Asks thought-provoking essential questions that
elaborate on the problem. Asks extra questions that
involve the audience.
Proposes a variety of creative solutions/hypotheses
that indicate a deep comprehension of the problem
and prioritizes them in order to choose the most
effective strategy.
Proficient (PR)
Asks essential questions that explore the problem.
Proposes a variety of solutions/hypotheses that indicate
general comprehension of the problem.
The work is informative. It contains useful information
presented in an accessible form.
Developing (DE)
Asks general questions about parts of the problem.
Proposes a limited number of solutions/hypotheses that
may not address all the issues of the problem.
The work is somewhat informative. It contains material
that is somewhat superficial.
The audience is left with a clear sense of
empowerment (‘aha moment’) and a deeper
understanding.
Student lesson is thought provoking, well paced,
engaging and highly effective. Audience is involved.
Article communicates the message in an exceptionally
creative way including a clear explanation and
thought-provoking message.
Student lesson is effective and thoughtful.
Student lesson is lacking thought and preparation.
Article communicates the message in a creative way with a
message that needed further development.
Article needs more thought and appears rushed.
Bibliography not MLA format or absent from the project
Bibliography present (3-5 sources). Some errors in the
formatting or not included as part of the project.
MLA formatted bibliography included in the project (5
or more sources) (at least one is printed material)
Connection and Collaboration
(10 pts)
Mature, disciplined; able to see and feel what others
see and feel; unusually open to and willing to seek out
the odd, alien, or different points of view and express
them.
All the tasks were shared out effectively and
cooperatively to the group members equally. Stayed
actively focused for the duration of the task.
Sensitive: see and feel what others see and feel; open to the
unfamiliar or different points of view but found it difficult to
express them.
Aware: knows and feels that others see and feel
differently, and is somewhat able to empathize with
others. Need support and guidance from a teacher.
All the tasks were shared out to the group members but not
always equally. Stayed on task throughout.
Group needed help and support to divide the tasks and
stay on task.
Task is completed on time but needed time to prepare the
group.
Task was not completed on time.
When working on a team, I am good at
My strengths as a learner are
Task is completed on time and they were well
prepared and it was professional.
Student Reflection
An important lifelong lesson that I can
take away is
Some areas for improvement include

2. Unit 2 Task: Teacher Comments