iRubric: Identifying The Theme - scoring guide rubric

incomplete, missing, vague, too short, not enough information

You have identified an a possible topic that could be a theme, but you have not made a clear statement, e.g.: "the value of friendship" - but what is the author saying about the value of friendship is left out.

You have identified a key theme from this story, though your explanation was too specific to this one story, and/or not generalized enough to apply to other stories, probably you just need to revise the theme statement a bit to be more concise:
e.g. the different attitudes of people affect your life by teaching you different things whether for the better or worse.<BR>
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Becomes: People learn something from all relationships, good or bad.

You have identified a key theme from this story in a concise way, your theme statement could be used by others when examining other stories.

You have identified a key theme from this story in a concise way, your theme statement could be used by others when examining other stories. Moreover, you have connected the theme to what happens in the story.

no apparent structure or organization.

-you have a theme statement, but that's it.

-you have a theme statement and a quote, but not explanations or connections are made.

-You include a theme statement and textual evidence with some explanation of the quote.

You begin your paragraph with a theme statement and then use textual evidence to support it.
-Next, you have a statement that explains the evidence.
-You connect your evidence back to the theme.

There is no title or name... (no credit)

X

Title or name only.

X

Your essay has an appropriate title and your name is on it.