iRubric: News Article: Summary and Reaction Paragraphs rubric

Ideas not clear; Summary is too long; no details evident from the article

Summary is appropriate length, but doesn't choose words carefully enough to expose the heart of the work's purpose, theme, plot or characters.

Summary briefly refers to primary theme, plot, and characters without giving too much detail. No more than 3 or 4 sentences are used to summarize the article.Briefer is better!

Your explanation of the FQR chart; how it was used in the classroom; and how it helped you understand the newspaper article is is unclear.

You have explained the FQR chart, but you did not explain how using this strategy helped you in understanding the newspaper article.

Great! Your explanation is clear. You have also given examples of how we incorporated the chart in our lesson. You gave specific examples of how this strategy helped you understand the newspaper article.

Mostly complete sentences; some sentence fragments(parts) or run-on

Complete sentences; few run-on sentences

Complete sentences; no run-ons or sentence fragments(parts); some variety in the length and type of sentences