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Summer Reading Project

Students chose a book from the list provided and whit a summary. The summary incorporates information about the book's characters, setting, plot, genre, theme, and writing style.

Rubric Code: EXW3CAX

By kdockham

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Subject: English

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Book Summary
	Excellent/Advanced 4 pts	Acceptable 3 pts	Needs Work 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Title/Author Sentence	Excellent/Advanced The first sentence includes the title and author, a creative lead, and includes the genre.	Acceptable Title and author are both listed immediately, but no other information is provided in that sentence.	Needs Work Title and author are not immediately mentioned but are eventually provided in a sentence or two.	Poor Title and/or author are not mentioned, or they are written on a separate line instead of in a sentence.
Characters	Excellent/Advanced The most important characters are mentioned in the review and described. Relationships between characters are clear.	Acceptable The most important characters are mentioned and described. Relationships between characters may not be clear.	Needs Work Characters are mentioned. Description of characters is minimal and/or confusing.	Poor The review does not mention essential characters to the story. No elaboration if a main character is mentioned.
Plot	Excellent/Advanced The plot description is brief, does not seem to give away too much, and is clear and easy to follow. After reading the description, the reader feels curious about the plot.	Acceptable The plot description is brief and easy to follow. A bit more information should have been given or too much has been provided. The description lacks interest.	Needs Work The plot description is overly complicated, overly simple, or does not make the reader feel curious. Events may also be disorganized.	Poor The plot description is minimal, too detailed, or confusing due to disorganization.
Conventions	Excellent/Advanced Provides evidence of a consistent and strong command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling)	Acceptable Provides evidence of an adequate command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling)	Needs Work Provides evidence of a limited command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling)	Poor Provides little or no evidence of a command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling)
Creative Project Movie Poster, 3D model, book cover, diorama, timeline, final chapter rewrite
	Excellent/Advaned 4 pts	Acceptable 3 pts	Needs Work 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Connected to book	Excellent/Advaned Project clearly shows a connection to the reading. Major characters, events and or setting is portrayed in the project.	Acceptable Some connection between the project and the reading is portrayed. Major characters, events and/or setting are shown but their purpose is not clear.	Needs Work Characters, events and/or settings are shown. Connection to reading is minimal and/or confusing.	Poor Connection between project and reading is not evident.
Effort/Quality	Excellent/Advaned Project is of high grade-level quality. Student effort is evident in final project.	Acceptable Project is of good grade-level quality. Student effort is evident, but the student did not go above and beyond expectations.	Needs Work Quality of project is below grade level expectations. Little apparent effort or planning given.	Poor Project is of poor quality and appears to have been put together with little planning or forethought.

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literature reading book review writing

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English

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