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Summarizing a Text

The student will use main ideas from text to summarize.

Rubric Code: M696B3

By paumosee

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Summarizing a Lecture or Text
	Beginner 3 pts	Intermediate 4 pts	Correct 5 pts
Text Ideas	Beginner The student did not use enough of the important main ideas and supporting details from the text or gave too much information that wasn't important.	Intermediate The student summarized the text using some of the most important main ideas and supporting details.	Correct The student summarized the text using all of the most important main ideas and supporting details.
Sequence	Beginner 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.	Intermediate 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 text.	Correct The 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	Beginner The student wrote too much and simply quoted the text.	Intermediate The student shortened the text and included most of the important ideas but went over the length limit.	Correct The student included all of the important ideas and kept to the length limit.
Mechanics	Beginner The summary included many spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar errors.	Intermediate Some of the summary was corrected for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar errors.	Correct The summary was corrected or had only a few errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar errors.