iRubric: Short Answer fiction rubric

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Short Answer fiction Analyze One Short-Story Students compose several short answer responses to a short fiction unit Rubric Code: EXXC2X2 By clesnick Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Excellent 4 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 0 pts	Score (N/A)
Topic Sentence	Excellent The response contains a topic sentence that names the title, author, and main idea of the paragraph.	Fair The response contains a topic sentence that contains some necessary information, but is missing elements.	Poor No topic sentence	Score
Use of Quotes	Excellent Quotes all phrases/sentences taken directly from the text	Fair Quotes some phrases/sentences taken directly from the text	Poor Does not quote phrases/sentences taken directly from the text	Score
Spelling and Grammar	Excellent 0-2 spelling/grammatical errors	Fair 3-4 spelling/grammatical errors	Poor 5 or more spelling/grammatical errors throughout	Score
Textual evidence/ Literary Elements	Excellent Textual evidence strongly supports the analysis, and is used to prove the writer's stance. Literary elements closely examined and clearly explained	Fair Textual evidence supports the analysis, though it lacks clarity, or is used incorrectly. Literary elements examined and discussed	Poor Textual evidence does not support the analysis. Literary elements not examined	Score
Sentence Variety and word choice	Excellent A variety of sentence structures used to enhance quality of essay. Word choice is formal and appropriate throughout	Fair Some variety of sentence structures used. Some informal words used	Poor Uses limited variety of sentence structures and many informal words used	Score
Length Requirements	Excellent Each response is a complete paragraphs with support sentences, quotes, examples, and a concluding statement.	Fair Each response has several sentences, but lacks elements of a complete, coherent paragraph.	Poor does not meet length requirements	Score