Literature Circles: Roles Rubric

Literature Circle Roles

4
-questions
are
relevant,
thoughtful,
Discussion Director

Summarizer

Passage Picker

interesting, and focused on the text

theme/topic/concept
-successfully guides contributions of all
group members
-information clear, well-developed, and
well-presented
-uses personal words in summary
-evidence of strong organization
-selects relevant passages and interestgenerating approaches are used
-contributes innovative content and ideas
-organizes response in a clear, logical and
focused manner

Word Wizard -consistently identifies and interprets the

Connector

Artful Artist

language presented
-identifies strong figurative language
-consistently uses new and specialized
language
-reveals a strong connection related to
the text theme/topic/concept
-contributes innovative content and ideas
based on the connection
-ideas are logically developed and
organized
-refers back to the text in response
showing deep understanding of the
content
-visually creative and well-designed
-illustrations enhance the topic
-identifies three or more character traits
in a clear and concise manner
-references the problem and solution in a
clear, concise, thorough manner

-questions are relevant to the text

theme/topic/concept
-guides discussion successfully

-questions have some relevance to the

text theme/topic/concept
-requires some prompts in order to
guide discussion

-information presented logically and

clearly
-uses personal words in summary
-evidence of organization
-relevant passages selected
-organizes response in a clear, logical and
focused manner

-information shows some clarity and

organization

-identifies the language presented

-identifies figurative language
-frequently uses new and specialized
language

-some identification of the language

presented
-some use figurative language
-limited use of new and/or specialized
language
-reveals a brief connection related to
the text
-some organization of ideas

-reveals a clear connection related to the

text theme/topic/concept
-ideas are logically developed and
organized
-refers back to the text in response

-visuals well-designed
-illustrations support topic
-identifies three character traits with clarity
-references the problem and solution in a
clear manner

-some relevance in passages selected

-organizes response showing some
clarity and focus

-some relevance of visuals to the topic

-identifies less than two character traits
with some clarity
-some reference to the problem and
solution