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Vocabulary Rubric

Vocabulary Builder: Students will demonstrated the knowledge of new words through recognition of parts of speech, the identification of the prefix, root, and/or suffix when applicable, definition of the word, use of the word in a context appropriate sentence, and demonstrate understanding of related words that share a common prefix or root (and suffixes only during specific study of such)

Rubric Code: G5AC7B

By moiralynn

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Subject: English

Type: Reading

Grade Levels: 6-8

Vocabulary Builder
	Unacceptable 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Excellent 3 pts
Word	Unacceptable The vocabulary word is listed, but spelled incorrectly; no part of speech noted	Good The vocabulary word is listed and spelled correctly, but the part of speech is noted incorrectly	Excellent The vocabulary word is listed, spelled correctly, and the part of speech is noted correctly
Identification of word part prefix/root/suffix boxed and labeled	Unacceptable Word part is not identified	Good Word part is identified incorrectly	Excellent Word part is identified correctly and labeled, when applicable
Definition	Unacceptable The definition of the vocabulary word is incomplete/inaccurate/ unclear and has not attempted to relate it to meaning of prefix, root, and or suffix	Good A definition of the vocabulary word is written but does not show student's understanding of word as it relates to the prefix, root, and/or suffix, when applicable (feels copied from dictionary w/ little to no understanding)	Excellent The correct definition is paraphrased and indicates student's understanding of word as it relates to the prefix, root, and/or suffix, when applicable
Use of word in sentence	Unacceptable Sentence includes word but uses it incorrectly and does not have enough context clues to clearly show meaning.	Good Sentence uses word correctly and has some context clues to show meaning of the word	Excellent Sentence uses word correctly and clearly illustrates meaning of the word
Related words words that share the same prefix or root (suffixes allowed only during suffix study)	Unacceptable Only one or no related words are listed and "relationship" is not labeled	Good At least two related words are listed with "relationship" clearly labeled	Excellent At least four related words are listed with "relationship" clearly labeled.