Dialectical Journal Grading Rubric Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 (90-100 pts) (80-89 pts) (70-79 pts) (50-65 pts) Quotations and Detailed, Less detailed, but Few good details Hardly any good Plot Details meaningful still good details Interpretation Insightful critical Intelligent; Vague, Plot summaries thinking discusses theme unsupported, plot and paraphrases summary Literary Elements Discusses diction, Includes Lists literary Few literary imagery, syntax, discussion of elements but little elements; little if and how these diction, imagery, if any discussion any discussion of contribute to or syntax but may of their meaning their purpose or meaning not explain their or purpose meaning contribution to theme Questions and Insightful, Some personal Few connections, Few connections, Connections personal connections, obvious question no question connections, questions arise from the text questions Coverage of text Covers assigned Covers important Covers most Inadequate (too reading parts thoroughly but superficially short/ too little) thoroughly Presentation Neat, organized, Neat and readable, Legible but did Hard to read and follows follows directions not follow did not follow directions. directions directions
Dialectical Journal Grading Rubric Level 4 (90-100 pts) Level 3 (80-89 pts) Level 2 (70-79 pts) Level 1 (50-65 pts) Quotations and Plot Details Detailed, meaningful Less detailed, but still good Few good details Hardly any good details Interpretation Insightful critical thinking Intelligent; discusses theme Vague, unsupported, plot summary Plot summaries and paraphrases Literary Elements Discusses diction, imagery, syntax, and how these contribute to meaning Includes discussion of diction, imagery, or syntax but may not explain their contribution to theme Lists literary elements but little if any discussion of their meaning or purpose Few literary elements; little if any discussion of their purpose or meaning Questions and Connections Insightful, personal connections, questions Some personal connections, questions arise from the text Few connections, obvious question Few connections, no question Coverage of text Covers assigned reading thoroughly Covers important parts thoroughly Covers most but superficially Inadequate (too short/ too little) Presentation Neat, organized, follows directions. Neat and readable, follows directions Legible but did not follow directions Hard to read and did not follow directions
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