iRubric: Formative Assessment: Book Jacket rubric

Front Inside Flap includes an exceptionally well written, clear, concise and sequential summary of all vital information, especially carefully selected, intriguing character details, organized for reader accessibility.

Summary is strategically organized in paragraphs to promote sequential order of story.

Summary encapsulates vital information but does not reveal the ending.

Front Inside Flap includes a sequential summary of all vital information, especially carefully selected, intriguing character details.

Summary is organized in paragraphs.


Summary provides significant information and does not reveal the ending.

Front Inside Flap reveals an incomplete summary that is not organized into paragraphs, is difficult to follow, and is void of intriguing character detail.

Front Inside Flap has a summary that is minimal, confusing or omitted. Front Inside Flap does not adhere to any trailer or book jacket protocols as outlined in Agendas, as discussed in class, or as contained in rubric.

Back Inside Flap includes innovative, exceptionally well written biography of author.*

Back Inside Flap is cleverly and imaginatively penned in student's own words.

*Author bios include information about where the author grew up, where the author currently lives, what hobbies they have, what other books they’ve written, where they went to school, or which book they’re working on next. They’re meant to humanize the author and help them connect to their readers on a more personal level.

Back Inside Flap includes a well written biography of the author.*

Back Inside Flap is penned in student's own words.

*Author bios might include information about where the author grew up, where the author currently lives, what hobbies they have, what other books they’ve written, where they went to school, or which book they’re working on next. They’re meant to humanize the author and help them connect to their readers on a more personal level.

Back Flap includes a biography of the author written in student's own words, but it lacks important information.*

*Author bios might include information about where the author grew up, where the author currently lives, what hobbies they have, what other books they’ve written, where they went to school, or which book they’re working on next. They’re meant to humanize the author and help them connect to their readers on a more personal level.

Back Flap is missing the author's biography, or the biography is unorganized and poorly written.*

*Author bios might include information about where the author grew up, where the author currently lives, what hobbies they have, what other books they’ve written, where they went to school, or which book they’re working on next. They’re meant to humanize the author and help them connect to their readers on a more personal level.

Book Jacket is virtually free of grammatical, mechanical, or syntactical errors.

Book Jacket contains minimal grammatical, mechanical, or syntactical errors.

Book Jacket contains several grammatical, mechanical, or syntactical errors.

Book Jacket contains an abundance of grammatical, mechanical, or syntactical errors.