READING RESPONSE RUBRIC*
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FOUR
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THREE
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TWO
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ONE
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Format
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Correct heading (name, assignment,
date, period) and four categories clearly marked.
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Heading is clearly visible, but
somewhere where it shouldn’t be; categories not marked.
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Heading is missing or too difficult to
find; categories not there.
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Student did not follow
directions/example. It has a name
though, because if it didn’t I wouldn’t be grading it.
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Background
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Includes author, main character, title
(underlined) & summary with not too much, too specific information, not
too little information
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Forget one of the necessary parts;
summary is too specific or doesn’t include nearly enough information.
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More than one part missing. Student is
unsure of how to summarize but has yet to ask and take charge of their
education.
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The student is clearly not
understanding what they are reading or not reading at all.
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Prompt
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Answered the prompt completely;
Includes topic sentence; May include quotes that follow with explanations or
paraphrasing that follows with explanations; If two or more topics, indented
for new paragraph
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Topic sentence is not clear/easy to
find. A quote or paraphrase is there
(answered the prompt), but the explanation is missing or not connecting to
the prompt. Only answered part of the prompt.
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Topic sentence is missing. Quotes or
paraphrase does not match the prompt. Prompt is incomplete. Support is lacking. Explanations are non-existent. No indenting.
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The student is off topic. The student tried to turn in a mess and
somehow got away with it before the teacher could give it back to them.
Or: The student watched the movie and
is answering the prompt based on the movie (or so it seems).
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Questions
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Includes topic sentence; explanation
follows so that teacher can see thinking; Writing shows deep thinking that
will lead to a better understanding of book.
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Topic sentence is not easy to
find/clear. No visible thinking after
topic sentence.
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Question is not an important one; one
that would not lead to deeper understanding.
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Student is not interacting well with
the book; question is whack. For
example, “I am wondering what the character’s middle name is?”
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Grammar/Mechanics
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Must include one comma used correctly
and highlighted; title, characters, author spelled correctly and capitalized,
your/you’re; their/there/they’re; its/it’s
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Student is not consistent with
homophones, but teacher can understand it.
Have a comma, but used wrong or not highlighted.
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Student could not put one comma in
their writing. Student doesn’t have a
full grasp of specific homophones.
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Student did not read over his/her work
before turning it in. It looks like
he/she doesn’t care.
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*I consider
most work I do a draft. If you have any complaints about the fairness of this
rubric please let me know. I would never
mind changing it to ensure that it is clear and considerate and enables you to
do your best work.