The Power of Storytelling Reading Rubric 2017 - 2018

Task: Read The Crossover and the paired texts we discuss in class. Then, blog throughout the unit, answering our focusing questions and essential question. Use these blogs to
demonstrate you ability to compare how different authors use the power of storytelling similarly and differently.

Purpose: To demonstrate your ability to compare texts and to explore how different authors use literary devices, so that we can use them accurately in our narratives.

Audience: Teachers, classmates, and blog readers.

Exceeds Meets Partially Meets Approaching

meets + Make a clear, complex Point that Make a clear Point that somewhat Make a Point about the
Analyze how the answers the focusing / essential answers the focusing / essential topic related to the
Key Ideas and deeper meaning
Details question. question. focusing / essential
changes or develops Support point with the best pieces of Support point with several pieces of question.
I can describe throughout the text,
whats happening in textual Evidence. textual Evidence. Support point with
using specific examples
a narrative by from the text. Explain textual evidence using Explain textual evidence. textual Evidence.
applying close read inferences. Link to a deeper meaning, authors Explain evidence.
strategies to find the Link to a deeper meaning or purpose, or life situation.
deeper meaning. authors purpose.

Craft and meets + Identify specific literary devices or Identify specific literary devices or Identify a specific
Structure Explain how the text forms used in the text. forms used in the text. literary device or form
I can analyze would contrast if the Analyze and elaborate on the impact Explain why the author uses the used in the text.
decisions that an author used other of author decisions on meaning and literary device or form.
author made and devices or forms.
tone.
how they affected
the text.
meets + Capitalize proper nouns. Capitalize proper nouns. Capitalize proper
Use colon, semicolon, Spell words c orrectly. Spell words c orrectly. nouns.
Conventions hyphen, dash, or Indicate titles a ccurately. Convention errors do not take Spell words
ellipses accurately away / distract from the meaning correctly.
I can write about
Use unconventional
literature using of the text. Convention errors
decisions (italics,
Conventions of Indicate titles. take away / distract
indentations, odd
Standard English. from the meaning of
line/stanza breaks, etc.)
the text.
symbolically in writing.
 The Power of Storytelling Reading Rubric 2017 - 2018

Task: Read The Crossover and the paired texts we discuss in class. Then, blog throughout the unit, answering our focusing questions and essential question. Use these blogs to
demonstrate you ability to compare how different authors use the power of storytelling similarly and differently.

Purpose: To demonstrate your ability to compare texts and to explore how different authors use literary devices, so that we can use them accurately in our narratives.

Audience: Teachers, classmates, and blog readers.

Challenge Assignment: students opting to complete the challenge assignment will be responsible for the Integration strand below as well as the strands above.

Exceeds Meets Partially Meets Approaching

meet + Identify three meaningful comparison Identify three meaningful comparison Identify surface-level
Include outside points. points. comparison points.
Integration of research where Analyze similarities and differences Identify how each author uses literary Explanation and analysis
Knowledge & appropriate to support in how the author(s) use literary devices or form similarly or relates to comparison
Ideas points.
analysis and devices or form to create meaning / differently.
I can compare two
comparison. tone.
texts, focusing on
meaningful
scomparison points.