LUNCHROOM MURDER GRADING GUIDELINES
Criteria for A work:
□ Uses at least 5 pieces of evidence
□ Arrives at the “right” answer and explains everything else in the scene
□ Has some element of creative or original thinking
□ Has clear warrants in place
□ Thorough explanations
Criteria for B work:
□ Uses at least 5 pieces of evidence
□ Arrives at the “right” answer and attempt to answer other parts (with a few parts not
accounted for)
□ Has clear warrants in piece (with room for a few that are missing or incorrectly
formatted)
□ Explanations are a bit underdeveloped
Criteria for B- or C+ work:
□ Uses at least 5 pieces of evidence
□ Arrives at an illogical answer, but offers thorough explanation
□ Shows some inconsistency with warrants, but clearly understands what they are and how they function and provides many of them to develop ideas
□ Generally explanations are thoroughly developed….just illogical
Criteria for C work:
□ Gets everything correct but uses less than 5 pieces of evidence
OR
□ Does NOT get everything right and uses 5 pieces of evidence, AND:
o Arrives at illogical answer, but attempts to offer some explanation
o Shows a need for more warrants, but does include a few and shows s/he has basic understanding of what they are and how they work
o Might be underdeveloped…needs more unpacking
Criteria for D work:
□ Uses less than 5 pieces of evidence
□ Incorrect conclusion
□ Extremely underdeveloped explanations—lacking warrants