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Identify and Explain Author's Purpose 
Students will identify the 3 types of author's purpose from various materials and explain why that text fits the author's purpose they chose
Rubric Code: U22BW3X
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Subject: English  
Type: Project  
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Identify the author's purpose using variety of genres
  Level 4

Able to identify all and explain in detail clearly

80 pts

Level 3

Able to identify most with some support

70 pts

Level 2

Able to identify few with details some error

60 pts

Level 1

Able to identify little to none with out support

40 pts

Level 0

Does not respond to prompt or leaves response blank

0 pts

Identify Main Idea
20 pts

Identify the main idea of author's purpose

Level 4

States or annotates the central idea and author's purpose's in a clear and concise way, using correct sentence structure or clear and correct annotations
Level 3

Identifies central idea with some sentence structure clearly.
Level 2

Identifies the central idea.
Level 1

Does not correctly identify central idea of the text
Level 0

Does not respond to prompt or leaves response blank
Note Clues
10 pts

Be able to note clues in text that supports the author's purpose

Level 4

Able to identify 3 or more clues to support each author's purpose in the text clearly
Level 3

Able to identify or more clues to support each author's purpose in the text with little error
Level 2

Able to identify 2 or more clues to support each author's purpose in the text clearly
Level 1

Able to identify 1 or more clues to support each author's purpose but may have frequent errors
Level 0

Does not respond to prompt or leaves response blank
Explain
5 pts

Explain what the author's purpose is and how they know. Proving the purpose

Level 4

Explains the best reasons for author's purpose in a precise, specific and relevant way using details from the text to support answer
Level 3

Explains or annotates the author's purpose but not enough details to support from the text
Level 2

Explains author's purpose, but not clearly
Level 1

States an idea, but it is not the correct author's purpose
Level 0

Does not respond to prompt or leaves response blank
Identify Author's purpose
5 pts

Identify the author's purpose with evidence

Level 4

States or annotates the author's purpose for writing in a clear and concise way. (Entertain, Inform, or persuade). Using evidence from the text
Level 3

Identifies author's purpose and some evidence
Level 2

Identifies the author's purpose
Level 1

Does not correctly identify the author's purpose
Level 0

Does not respond to prompt or leaves response blank



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