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Literature Circle Rubric - HS

Assesses students productivity and participation within literature circles.

Rubric Code: PX427A4

By cpcha2

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Subject: English

Type: Reading

Grade Levels: 9-12

Literature Circles
	Highly Proficient 4 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Insufficient 1 pts
Discussion Director Name: __________________	Highly Proficient Was a positive contributor in discussions. Provided insightful comments and questions. Listened to others and didn't dominate the discussion.	Proficient Contributed to group discussions. Comments and questions weren't always thought out. Either dominated the discussion or needed to participate more at times.	Needs Improvement Poor contributor to discussions. Comments were off task and distracting to group.	Insufficient Did not complete the assignment.
Bridge Builder Name: __________	Highly Proficient Created well-thought-out connections to other texts, characters, self, and real world situations. The connection-maker solicited comments from the rest of the group in formulating connections.	Proficient Created some connections. Connections were not well-thought out or articulated well.	Needs Improvement Created no connections or created connections which did not apply well to the material being studied.	Insufficient Did not complete the assignment.
Diction Detective Name: __________________	Highly Proficient Found a considerable amount of words, phrases, and passages that were especially descriptive, powerful, funny, thought-provoking, surprising, or even confusing. Evidence of interest in literary work far exceeds expectations.	Proficient Found several words, phrases and or passages that were descriptive powerful, funny, thought-provoking, surprising, or even confusing. Has shown exceptional evidence of interest in literary work.	Needs Improvement Found 2 or fewer new, unique or interesting words or phrases. Selections seem arbitrary and without purpose. Thoughts and feelings about word choice in the literary work is incomplete, missing or unclear.	Insufficient Did not complete the assignment.
Literary Luminary Name: __________________	Highly Proficient Included 3 interesting passages to discuss with the group. The passages were challenging, thought- provoking, and contributed to deep discussion.<BR> <BR> Identified several literary devices for the group.	Proficient Included 3 passages to share with the group. The passages weren't well-analyzed and initiated simple reflection from the group.<BR> <BR> Identified some literary devices for the group.	Needs Improvement Provided less that 3 passages. Passages did not contribute to meaningful discussion in my group because I was not able to initiate meaningful conversation around them. (crickets...)<BR> <BR> No literary devices were identified for the group.	Insufficient Did not complete the assignment.
Reporter Name: __________________	Highly Proficient Wrote thorough summary of the section. Included only major ideas and events. Summary is in the correct sequence and contains accurate information.	Proficient Wrote summary of the section. Included some minor details along with major ideas and events. Information is accurate, but out of order.	Needs Improvement Summary missing major ideas and events from section. Focused on too many minor details. Information is inaccurate and/or out of order.	Insufficient Did not complete the assignment.
Artist Name ___________________	Highly Proficient visuals creative and well designed, and enhance topic	Proficient visuals well designed and support topic	Needs Improvement some relevance of visuals to topic	Insufficient relevance of visuals to topic limited

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literature circles

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Reading

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