English Language Arts (ELA) Rubric Reading No context/ Anchor absence LEVEL A LEVEL B LEVEL C D LEVEL E of evidence Ask and answer Ask and to Cite textual evidence Cite textual evidence to Cite evidence and infer questions answer 5Ws+H details/examples to support analysis support explicit analysis key details of key details when explaining text and inferences and inferences and drawing inferences; Quote accurately Analyze and Identify main Identify main Identify main idea, Identify or central Identify theme/central idea summarize main idea and retell idea, recount supporting details idea and how it is and analyze its idea details key details and and summarize; conveyed through development through how they determine theme in details; summarize specific details; summarize support main literature and without personal objectively; paraphrase idea summarize. opinion or judgments accurately Analyze text Describe Use time, Explain events, Analyze text Explain how individuals, development connection sequence and or connections and ideas or events interact between 2 cause/effect concepts based on distinctions between and develop over the and interaction individuals, language to specific info individuals, ideas, or course of text; determine events, ideas or describe events; precisely possible cause/effect in a pieces of info textual follow a multistep series of events; precisely relationships procedure follow multi-step procedures
English Language Arts (ELA) Rubric Reading Anchor No context/ absence of evidence LEVEL A LEVEL B LEVEL C D LEVEL E Cite evidence and infer Ask and answer questions key details Ask and answer 5Ws+H of key details to details/examples when explaining text and drawing inferences; Quote accurately Cite textual evidence to support analysis and inferences Cite textual evidence to support explicit analysis and inferences Analyze and summarize main idea Identify main idea and retell details Identify main idea, recount key details and how they support main idea Identify main idea, supporting details and summarize; determine theme in literature and summarize. Identify or central idea and how it is conveyed through details; summarize without personal opinion or judgments Identify theme/central idea and analyze its development through specific details; summarize objectively; paraphrase accurately Analyze text development and interaction Describe connection between 2 individuals, events, ideas or pieces of info Use time, sequence and cause/effect language to describe textual relationships Explain events, or concepts based on specific info Analyze text connections and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events; precisely follow a multistep procedure Explain how individuals, ideas or events interact and develop over the course of text; determine possible cause/effect in a series of events; precisely follow multi-step procedures