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Rubric for Response to Literature Paragraph

Students will respond to boxes prompt

Rubric Code: T252294

By ldymacbeth3

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Response to Literature Paragraph
	Exemplary 3 pts	Proficient 2 pts	Developing 1 pts
Topic Sentence	Exemplary Contains a clear topic sentence that contains the underlined book title, the author, restates the topic and clearly indicates the direction of the paragraph. Statement is clear and provides interest for the reader.	Proficient Contains a topic sentence, the book title, the author, but does not clearly restate the topic and/or indicate the direction of the paragraph. Statement is semi-clear and provides a little interest for the reader.	Developing Does not contain a topic sentence, book title, author, or effectively indicate the direction of the paragraph. Statement is unclear and provides no interest for the reader.
Definition	Exemplary "Doublethink" is clearly defined and effectively explained, using well chosen support from the novel.	Proficient "Doublethink" is defined, but not clearly explained, using support from the novel.	Developing "Doublethink" is poorly or not defined or explained.
Examples and discussion	Exemplary Three or more details/examples from student's world are introduced and effectively explained. The details/examples completely support the response to the topic.	Proficient Two details/examples from student's world are introduced and explained. The details somewhat support and respond to the topic.	Developing One or zero details/examples from student's world are introduced and explained. The detail only slightly or does not support and respond to the topic.
Mechanics	Exemplary Writing is almost completely free of grammatical and spelling errors. There are a variety of paragraph and sentence structures.	Proficient Writing shows some grammatical and spelling errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. There are a variety of paragraph and sentence structures, though some may be a bit awkward.	Developing Frequent spelling, sentence structure, and grammatical errors; paragraph structures need more variety.