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Science Article Assignment

You will receive a mark out of 28 points. 27 - 28 points (A), 23 - 26 points (B), 20 - 22 points (C), less than 20 points (F)

Rubric Code: CA847

By charlotte143

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Subject: Science

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

New Article response Rubric
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Prediction	Excellent Student connects this article to their background knowledge or experience and/or anticipates useful information to be obtained from the article.	Good Student makes some connection to background knowledge and/or anticipates general information to be obtained from the article.	Fair Student makes little connection to background experience and/or anticipates little from the article.	Poor Student does not anticipate or connect article to background experience
Topic Identification	Excellent Student demonstrates a clear understanding of the author's purpose for writing the article and correctly identifies it as an attempt to inform, persuade or explain.	Good Student demonstrates some understanding of the author's purpose for writing the article and correctly identifies it as an attempt to inform, persuade or explain	Fair Student demonstrates a partial understanding of the author's purpose for writing the article but dopes not identify it correctly.	Poor Student poorclear understanding of the author's purpose for writing the article and does not identifies it as an attempt to inform, persuade or explain
Organization	Excellent Student clearly describes the organization used in the article by the author including subtopics or categories of information that support the main idea	Good Student partially describes the organization used in the article by the author including subtopics or categories of information that support the main idea	Fair Description of the organization used in the article is marginal and does not fully describe subtopics or categories of information that support the main idea.	Poor Description of the organization used in the article is lacking or does not describe subtopics or categories of information that support the main idea
Information	Excellent Students makes a great summary. Key points are presented in their own words and the organization flows properly.	Good Most key points are mentioned. There is some organization representing the flow of the article.	Fair Many key points are left out. The student does not make a clear effort of summarizing.	Poor The summary does not accurately portray the article.
Further research	Excellent Student suggests useful means for further exploring the topic and identifies important information not in the article that would be useful to improve understanding	Good Student suggests ways for further exploring the topic and identifies some information not in the article that would be useful to improve understanding	Fair Student suggests means for further exploring the topic and/or identifies information not in the article that would be useful to improve understanding.	Poor Student does not suggest means for further exploring the topic or identify information not in the article that would be useful to improve understanding
Vocabulary	Excellent One or more vocabulary word(s) is identified and its definition provided in relation to the concept of the article	Good At least one vocabulary word is identified and its definition provided in relation to the concept of the article	Fair A vocabulary word is identified and defined, although no connection is made to the article's content	Poor No vocabulary words are described.
Opinion	Excellent Student clearly states their opinion on the subject of the article supporting it with source information, and relating it to their life now or in the future	Good Student states their opinion on the subject of the article supporting it with some source information, and relates it to their life now of in the future	Fair Student either states their opinion on the subject of the article supporting it with source information, or relates it to their life now of in the future	Poor Student opinion or relation of article content to their life is minimal or lacking

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