Lesson 3: Capstone Project Peer Review & Refinement
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will critique peers' completed Capstone Service Projects ("Taking Informed Action") using the district mastery rubric.
How does our civic action align with the standards of mastery? How can we refine our data presentation for the evaluation panel?
CT Civics/Gov (Dimension 4 - INQ 9–12.17); CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.5; MBL Standard 6C.
1. Instructions: Review the mastery panel assessment rubric fields (Inquiry, Evidence, Action, Communication).
2. Workshop: Set up structured peer-review pairs. Students present drafts of their service project results to partners.
3. Feedback: Partners provide warm and cool feedback using sticky notes or digital comments.
Purpose & DOK Level: Collaborative assessment and iterative refinement; DOK Level 4.
Pair students strategically; provide a sentence-starter feedback rubric sheet.
Peer feedback sheets and documented project edits.