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George Brown College

Health and Wellness- Critical Reflective Analysis Essay Rubric

Indicator

Grade

Possible Score

Score

Exceeds Standards

Meets Standards

Below Standards

Occasion for reflection:

Describe

Writer:

Presents experience through use of concrete sensory language, quotations, and narrative accounts

Shows great depth of thought

Is creative and original

(Score = 3)

Writer:

Presents experience through use of concrete sensory language, quotations, and narrative accounts

(Score = 2)

Writer:

Does not go deeply enough into the reflection

Talks too much about self instead of experience

(Score = 1)

3

Reflection:

· Exploring

· Analyzing

Writer:

Reveals feelings and thoughts through presentation of the experience
Conveys evidence of a personal response to the experience

Enables reader to understand the abstract ideas underlying the reflection through use of specific detail
Demonstrates good metacognition

(Score = 10)

Writer:

Is thoughtful and insightful

Analyzes the experience by looking at more than one angle Provides little evidence of a personal experience

(Score = 6)

Writer:

Reveals a limited connection with the experience

Generalizes

(Score = 3)

10

Writing strategies

Writer:

Uses convincing language and scenarios to detail reflection

Uses comparison and imagery

Enhances reflection through contrasting and explaining possibilities, makes inferences

Develops new ways of reflecting on their world

(Score =5)

Writer:
Uses specific language to detail reflection

Uses some comparison and contrasting

(Score = 3)

Writer:
Uses some details to detail reflection

Does not elaborate ideas

Does not express opinions

(Score = 1)

5

Coherence and style

Writer:
Demonstrates insight through natural flow of ideas

Provides an effective conclusion

Presents ideas in natural progression

(Score = 5)

Writer:
Expresses arguments, opinions, and responses

Presents ideas in natural progression

(Score = 3)

Writer:
Uses simple, generic language

Has lapses in natural progression

Digresses

Does not demonstrate coherence

(Score = 1)

5

References

Includes 3 – 4 scholarly references

(Score = 2)

Includes 1 – 2 scholarly references

(Score = 1)

Includes no scholarly references

(Score = 0)

2

Total Score

25