Rubric for Time to Summarize Lesson CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Focus on Topic There is one clear, Main idea is clear but Main idea is The main idea is not well-focused topic. the supporting somewhat clear but clear. There is a (Content) Main idea stands out information is there is a need for seemingly random and is supported by general. more supporting collection of detailed information. information. information. Accuracy of All supportive facts Almost all supportive Most supportive facts NO facts are reported are reported facts are reported are reported OR most are Facts (Content) accurately. accurately. accurately. inaccurately reported. Sources All of the important Some of the Some of the facts Facts from only one facts from both important facts from from both sources are source are included (Content) sources are both sources are included but may not and not organized organized clearly. organized clearly. be organized clearly. clearly. Capitalization & Writer makes no Writer makes 1 or 2 Writer makes a few Writer makes several errors in capitalization errors in capitalization errors in capitalization errors in capitalization Punctuation or punctuation, and or punctuation, but and/or punctuation and/or punctuation (Conventions) the paper is the paper is still easy that interrupt and the summary is exceptionally easy to to read. comprehension. hard to comprehend. read.
Rubric for Time to Summarize Lesson CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Focus on Topic (Content) There is one clear, well-focused topic. Main idea stands out and is supported by detailed information. Main idea is clear but the supporting information is general. Main idea is somewhat clear but there is a need for more supporting information. The main idea is not clear. There is a seemingly random collection of information. Accuracy of Facts (Content) All supportive facts are reported accurately. Almost all supportive facts are reported accurately. Most supportive facts are reported accurately. NO facts are reported OR most are inaccurately reported. Sources (Content) All of the important facts from both sources are organized clearly. Some of the important facts from both sources are organized clearly. Some of the facts from both sources are included but may not be organized clearly. Facts from only one source are included and not organized clearly. Capitalization & Punctuation (Conventions) Writer makes no errors in capitalization or punctuation, and the paper is exceptionally easy to read. Writer makes 1 or 2 errors in capitalization or punctuation, but the paper is still easy to read. Writer makes a few errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that interrupt comprehension. Writer makes several errors in capitalization and/or punctuation and the summary is hard to comprehend.
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