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Summarizing an essay.

Summarizing a Lecture or Text

The student will use main ideas from essay annotations to summarize.

Rubric Code: A542W4

By jbailie

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Subject: English

Type: Reading

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Annotation of an essay
	More practice required 4 pts	much improved 12 pts	Terrific 20 pts
Text Ideas	More practice required The student did not use enough of the important main ideas and supporting details from the lecture or text or gave too much information that wasn't important.	much improved The student summarized the lecture or text using some of the most important main ideas and supporting details.	Terrific The student summarized the lecture or text using all of the most important main ideas and supporting details.
Sequence	More practice required The student did not put the main ideas and supporting details in correct order. The summary lacked organization or used inappropriate organization that confused the relationship between main ideas and their supporting details. The summary did not make sense.	much improved Some of the main ideas and supporting details are in the correct order. The organization made clear some of the relationships between main ideas and their supporting details. It was a little difficult to understand the lecture or text.	Terrific The lecture or text was paraphrased in an order that made sense, making it easy to understand. The organization made clear the relationship between main ideas and their supporting details.
Length	More practice required The student wrote too much and simply quoted the lecture or text.	much improved The student shortened the lecture or text and included most of the important ideas but went over the length limit.	Terrific The student included all of the important ideas and kept to the length limit.
Mechanics	More practice required The summary included many spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar errors.	much improved Some of the summary was corrected for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar errors.	Terrific The summary was corrected or had only a few errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar errors.