Response Rubric for Literature Journals

5	A Five Point Question ~ is clearly written and relates to major events or details of the story ~ requires extensive thinking and text analysis for support ~ is intriguing or explores a unique idea or point of view ~ requires "reading between the lines", making inferences, and drawing conclusions ~ has a variety of possible answers or responses ~ requires a detailed, single- or multi-paragraph response
4	A Four Point Question ~ is clearly written and relates to major events or details of the story ~ requires thinking and text evidence for support ~ is interesting and worth discussing ~ requires "reading between the lines", making inferences, and drawing conclusions ~ has several possible answers or responses ~ requires a detailed paragraph response
3	A Three Point Question ~ is clearly written and relates to events or details of the story ~ requires some thought and text evidence for support ~ is interesting and worth discussing ~ may be answered directly from the text ~ has only one or two probable answers ~ can be answered in a few sentences
2	A Two Point Question ~ may be unclear, or deals with minor details of the story ~ can be answered with little thought or without text evidence ~ is not particularly interesting or worth discussing ~ is factual or calls for an answer taken directly from the text ~ generally has one appropriate answer ~ can be answered in a few words or a sentence
1	A One Point Question ~ is unclear, or deals with unimportant details of the story ~ can be answered with little thought or without text evidence ~ is trivial or not worth discussing ~ is factual or calls for unsupported opinion ~ generally has one appropriate answer ~ can be answered in a few words This rubric was developed by the Gifted Resources Curriculum Committee of the Kyrene School District, Tempe, AZ (6/ 1999) Back to Mrs. Sunda's Gifted Resource Page