iRubric: Summary Paragraph rubric

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Summary Paragraph Summary Paragraph The student will use main ideas and events from the story to summarize. Rubric Code: C633XW By roether Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

SUMMARIZING
	Needs Improvement 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Excellent 3 pts
Details	Needs Improvement The student did not describe enough of the important details or gave too much information that wasn't important.	Good The student told some details but did not include the most important details or included a few unimportant ones.	Excellent The student's summary included only the most important details.
Length	Needs Improvement The student wrote too much and simply retold the story.	Good The student shortened the story, and included most of the important ideas, but went over the length limit.	Excellent The student included all of the important ideas and kept to the length limit.
Mechanics	Needs Improvement The summary included many spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar errors.	Good Some of the summary was corrected for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar errors.	Excellent The summary was corrected or had only a few errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar errors.
Retelling	Needs Improvement The student simply copied from the sources.	Good Most of the work was in the student's own words.	Excellent The summary was written completely in the student's own words, excluding technical words.