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Comprehension Assessment (Fiction) 
Comprehension Assessment (Fiction)
Using the areas of comprehension identified in Literacy for the 21st Century (Tompkins, chapter 9), this rubric is to assess student comprehension of a fictional text using a 5-point scale. Points 1, 3, and 5 have criterion listed; columns 2 and 4 are for "gray areas" that may be the average of two columns. Rubric is worth 25 points.
Rubric Code: AXB788C
By dkcross1
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Subject: Education  
Type: Assessment  
Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

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  Limited

Demonstrates limited comprehension of the story.

1 pts


2 pts

Satisfactory

Demonstrates partial comprehension of the story.

3 pts


4 pts

Excellent

Demonstrates detailed comprehension of the story.

5 pts

Plot - Conflict/Resolution

Limited

Student cannot recall the problem in the story or the resolution.

The student cannot recall the story's beginning, middle, or end.
2
Satisfactory

Student recalls 2-3 details about the story: such as character's goal, the problem/conflict, events within the story, and the resolution.

Student's retelling includes parts of the beginning, middle, and end (but not all three).
4
Excellent

Student recalls 5+ details about the story: such as character's goal, the problem/conflict, events within the story, and the resolution.

The student's retelling includes a beginning, middle, and end.
Character

Limited

Student identifies little to nothing about the appearance of the character.

Student does not identify any actions by the character.

Student does not explain how the character's speech affects the character.
2
Satisfactory

Student gives a brief description (1-3 details) of the character's appearance.

Student explains the character's actions in the story (gives 1-2 examples).

Student identifies the character's speech, but does not explain how it affects the character.
4
Excellent

Student gives a detailed description of the character's appearance.

Student explains the character's actions in the story (gives 3+ examples), and how that affects the character's personality.

Student explains how the character's speech affects the character.
Setting

Limited

Student does not identify the location where the story took place.
2
Satisfactory

Student identifies the location where the story took place.
4
Excellent

Student identifies the location where the story took place and any other setting factors (weather, time period, and time dimension) that are relevant to the story's plot.
Point of View/Speaker

Limited

Student cannot identify the view point or the speaker within the story.
2
Satisfactory

Student can identify the point of view OR the speaker of the story, but not both.
4
Excellent

Student identifies the point of view and the speaker of the story.
Theme

Limited

Student cannot explain an underlying truth within the story.
2
Satisfactory

Student explains both an explains the clearly stated theme within the story.
4
Excellent

Student explains both an explicit (clearly stated) and implicit (inferred) theme within the story.



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