Rubric Assignment: Characters Affect Plot (30 points) Criterion Exemplary (26-30 points) Proficient (21-25 points) Emerging (16-20 points) Not Evident (below 16 Score and Comments points) High-scoring students will Middle-scoring students Low-scoring students will do the following: will do the following: do the following: Responses Provide reasonable, Provide reasonable, Provide incomplete, Fail to answer one or Score: thoughtful, complete, and mostly complete vague, or confusing more of the reading Trace the plot in a literary Comments: detailed responses to all responses to all four responses to all four journals, or answers are selection to explain how four reading journal reading journal reading journal significantly characters and events questions. Effectively questions. Discuss how questions. Incomplete underdeveloped, vague, contribute to the illustrate how character character development discussion of how or difficult to understand. development of theme development contributes contributes to the character development Fail to discuss how Points Possible: 15 to the development of development of theme. contributes to the character development theme. development of theme. contributes to the development of theme. Specific Evidence Consistently use specific Usually use specific Rarely use specific Fail to use specific Score: evidence from the text to evidence from the text to evidence from the text to evidence from the text to Points Possible: 10 Comments: support observations. support observations. support observations. support observations. Mechanics/Conventions Follow rules of spelling, Mostly follow rules of Show marked Fail to follow rules of Score: capitalization, grammar, spelling, capitalization, inconsistency in following spelling, capitalization, Points Possible: 5 Comments: and punctuation; three or grammar, and the rules of spelling, grammar, and fewer errors are present. punctuation; 4-6 errors capitalization, grammar, punctuation; over 11 are present. and punctuation; 7-10 errors are present. errors are present. Student Name: Total Score:
Rubric Assignment: Characters Affect Plot (30 points) Criterion Exemplary (26-30 points) High-scoring students will do the following: Proficient (21-25 points) Middle-scoring students will do the following: Emerging (16-20 points) Low-scoring students will do the following: Not Evident (below 16 points) Score and Comments Responses Trace the plot in a literary selection to explain how characters and events contribute to the development of theme Points Possible: 15 Provide reasonable, thoughtful, complete, and detailed responses to all four reading journal questions. Effectively illustrate how character development contributes to the development of theme. Provide reasonable, mostly complete responses to all four reading journal questions. Discuss how character development contributes to the development of theme. Provide incomplete, vague, or confusing responses to all four reading journal questions. Incomplete discussion of how character development contributes to the development of theme. Fail to answer one or more of the reading journals, or answers are significantly underdeveloped, vague, or difficult to understand. Fail to discuss how character development contributes to the development of theme. Score: Comments: Specific Evidence Points Possible: 10 Consistently use specific evidence from the text to support observations. Usually use specific evidence from the text to support observations. Rarely use specific evidence from the text to support observations. Fail to use specific evidence from the text to support observations. Score: Comments: Mechanics/Conventions Points Possible: 5 Follow rules of spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation; three or fewer errors are present. Mostly follow rules of spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation; 4-6 errors are present. Show marked inconsistency in following the rules of spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation; 7-10 errors are present. Fail to follow rules of spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation; over 11 errors are present. Score: Comments: Student Name: Total Score: