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Short Story Summary Rubric

Short story summary - paraphrasing -key elements

Rubric Code: S2W992B

By Oneteach

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Story Summary Rubric
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts	No Effort 0 pts
Content: Introduction	Excellent The summary contains a accurate and description of all main characters key details and the setting and the theme. * Describes the main conflict in the story using key words and essential information.	Good The summary contains an accurate description of 2 of the 3 criteria.	Fair The summary contains an accurate description of 1 of the 3 criteria.	Poor The information in the summary is inaccurate or incomplete.	No Effort No final summary written.
Content: Major Events	Excellent All major events from the story's beginning, middle, and end are carefully chosen and described in a linear progression using key words and paraphrasing.	Good Must major events were chosen but they have too many details and/or they were not paraphrased, and/or are not presented sequentially.	Fair Few events were chosen but they have too many details and/or they were not paraphrased, and/or are not presented sequentially, or the events chosen are not key ones.	Poor More than three of the content criteria are not reflected in the summary.	No Effort No final summary written.
Content: Format	Excellent The summary follows: a linear pattern 1-3 paragraphs, contains a conclusion that reflects the resolution of the story, has no added personal opinion *has no added information.	Good The summary has 4/5 of the criteria.	Fair The summary has 3/5 of the criteria.	Poor The summary has 2-1/5 of the criteria.	No Effort No final summary written.
Conventions and writing quality	Excellent The summary requires very little editing. (0-2 mistakes). It is typewritten and has a title. Font: 12 Style: Calibri Spacing: Single	Good Summary requires little editing (3-5 mistakes), BUT it is missing 1/3 of the typing criteria.	Fair Summary requires some editing. (6-9 mistakes) Summary is: typewritten BUT missing 2/3 of the typing criteria OR it is handwritten but legible.	Poor Summary requires a lot of editing (10+ mistakes), AND/OR does not follow typing criteria OR it is hardly legible.	No Effort No final summary written.