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Nettie's Trip South Final Task

Students will write a summary of the slavery book called Nettie's Trip South. Focus is on main idea, inferences, and supporting your writing.

Rubric Code: E7AA26

By batesl

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Summary Rubric
	Excellent 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 1 pts
Understands authors main idea 30 % Able to Identify and understands authors main idea.	Excellent Accurately identifies and has full understanding of authors main idea of text.	Fair Somewhat identifies and understands authors main idea of text.	Poor Clearly does not identify or understand authors main idea of text.
Identified supporting details 30 % Able to identify and use authors supporting details as examples in summary	Excellent Accurately identifies supporting details and is able to describe in own words.	Fair Somewhat identifies supporting details and is able to describe in own words.	Poor Does not identify any of authors supporting details and not able to describe in own words. Mentions own ideas and opinions instead of authors.
Summary is organized and cohesive 10 % Writing is cohesive and is in order.	Excellent Summary is clearly cohesive and easy to read. Ideas are listed in a order that makes sense.	Fair Summary is somewhat cohesive but still able to read. Ideas are somewhat listed in a order that makes sense.	Poor Summary is all over the place. Ideas aren't in right order and is not cohesive.
Grammar and Punctuation 15 % Summary has complete sentences with no errors.	Excellent 0-1 grammatical and punctuation errors.	Fair 2-4 grammatical and punctuation errors	Poor 5 or more grammatical and punctuation errors
Spelling 15 % Summary has grade appropriate words spelled correctly.	Excellent 0-1 spelling errors.	Fair 2-4 spelling errors.	Poor 5 or more spelling errors.