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Outsiders Task #4

Students complete a poetry analysis of "Nothing Gold Can Stay," and will read a variety of literary criticism on the poem. They will create their own analysis, then incorporate the criticism from other sources.

Rubric Code: V9349X

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Outsiders Task #4
	Exceeding Standards 4 pts	Meeting Standards 3 pts	Approaching Standards 2 pts	Far Below Standards 1 pts
Initial Analysis	Exceeding Standards Students illustrates an excellent and thorough understanding of the poem and cites specific lines to back up their own analysis.	Meeting Standards Student illustrates a good understanding of the poem and cites specific lines to back up their own analysis.	Approaching Standards Student illustrates an understanding of the poem, but does not back up their own analysis with specific lines from the poem.	Far Below Standards Student does not understand the meaning of the poem and does not attempt to cite specific lines.
Summaries of Criticism	Exceeding Standards Student correctly summaries and adds their own interpretation to the 3 analyses, showing their complete comprehension of the criticism.	Meeting Standards Student correctly summarizes the 3 analyses, showing their comprehension of the criticism.	Approaching Standards Student correctly summarizes at least one of the analyses, but misses the mark on all 3, showing that they can comprehend at least one of the analyses, but not all.	Far Below Standards Student incorrectly summarizes all 3 of the analyses, showing that they do not comprehend the criticism, or the student leaves these summaries blank.
Re-Write of Initial Analysis	Exceeding Standards Student illustrates an incredibly deep understanding of the poem, and incorporates more than one line of evidence from each of the criticisms provided to back up or dispute their own claims.	Meeting Standards Student illustrates a deeper understanding of the poem than in their initial analysis, and incorporates at least one line from each of the criticisms provided to back up or dispute their own claims.	Approaching Standards Student illustrates a better understanding of the poem than their initial analysis, but only uses evidence from 1 or 2 of the criticisms to back up or dispute their own claims.	Far Below Standards Student does not show that they understand the poem any better than in their initial analysis, and their is no evidence from any of the criticisms to back up or dispute their own claims.
Grammar/Mechanics	Exceeding Standards Demonstrates the command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage with no mistakes.	Meeting Standards Demonstrates the command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage with less than 2 mistakes, and the mistakes do not take away from the meaning of the response.	Approaching Standards Demonstrates a command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage, but has more than 2 mistakes and may take away from the meaning of the response.	Far Below Standards Does not demonstrate a command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage with many mistakes that take away from the meaning of the response.

Subjects:

English

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Writing

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