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Middle School Reading Response Journals 
Middle School Reading Response Journals
Rubric Code: NXA25A2
By sheffields
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Subject: English  
Type: Reading  
Grade Levels: 6-8

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  Exceeds Expectations

10 pts

Meets Expectations

8.5 pts

Acceptable

7 pts

Needs Improvement

4 pts

Completion

Exceeds Expectations

Journal entry is completed using textual references and gives detailed personal responses that connects to the reading and shows a true understanding of the character(s).
Meets Expectations

Journal entry is mostly complete, and uses textual references or gives detailed personal responses that connect to the reading that shows an understanding of the character(s).
Acceptable

Journal entry is somewhat complete, and uses textual references or gives detailed personal responses that correlate to the reading that shows an understanding of the character(s).
Needs Improvement

Journal entry is incomplete and do not use textual references or give personal responses that connect to the reading. The overall response lacked important detail that shows little understanding of the character(s).
Response Quality

Exceeds Expectations

Responses are fully developed on topic, and thoughtfully well written.
Meets Expectations

Responses are well developed and remain on-topic for the most part, and show written effort.
Acceptable

Responses are acceptably developed and remain on-topic for the most part, and show some written effort.
Needs Improvement

Responses are underdeveloped and do not remain on-topic.
Connections

Exceeds Expectations

Student makes a firm attempt to make a text-to-self, text-to-text, or text-to-world connection.
Meets Expectations

Student makes a good attempt to make a text-to-self, text-to-text, or text-to-world connection at least once in the journal.
Acceptable

Student makes an attempt to make a text-to-self, text-to-text, or text-to-world connection at some point in the journal.
Needs Improvement

Student makes little to no attempt to make a text-to-self, text-to-text, or text-to-world connection.
Reflection

Exceeds Expectations

Student has made an excellent attempt to reflect on meaning, theme, setting, and mood/atmosphere of the text through character's actions, dialogue, and the authors use of figurative language.
Meets Expectations

Student has made a good attempt to reflect on meaning, theme, setting, and mood/atmosphere of the text through character's actions, dialogue, and the authors use of figurative language.
Acceptable

Student has made an acceptable attempt to reflect on meaning, theme, setting, and mood/atmosphere of the text through character's actions, dialogue, and the authors use of figurative language.
Needs Improvement

Student has made little to no attempt to reflect on meaning, theme, setting, andmood/atmosphere of the text through character's actions, dialogue, and the authors use of figurative language.
Writing Structure

Exceeds Expectations

Journal is written in proper paragraph format and uses correct sentence structure.

Journal demonstrates mastery of the specified weekly goal.
Meets Expectations

Journal is written in proper paragraph format with only a few sentence structure errors.

Journal meets the specified weekly goal.
Acceptable

Journal is sometimes written in proper paragraph format and uses some correct sentence structure.

Journal shows limited understanding of the specified weekly goal.
Needs Improvement

Journal is not written in proper paragraph format and does not use correct sentence structure.

Journal does not meet specified weekly goal.



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