SUMMARIZING

4 3 2 1
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Acknowledges source and
context
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Describes central ideas and
themes
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Includes signicant supporting
ideas and details
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Organizes writing to clearly and
succinctly explain both explicit
and subtle relationships among
ideas and details
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Succinctly and effectively
paraphrases and uses a
variety of precise and text-
specic words
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Acknowledges source
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Describes central ideas and
themes
-
Includes relevant supporting
ideas and details
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Organizes writing to show
relationships among ideas and
details
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Effectively paraphrases and
uses some text-specic
vocabulary
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Identies some central ideas
and themes
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Includes some supporting ideas
and details
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Identies relationships among
ideas and details, but may be
unclear or may fail to address at
least one important
relationships

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May demonstrate
misunderstanding of text
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May identify ideas, themes, or
details, but does not
demonstrate awareness of the
relationships among these
SUMMARIZING
4 3 2 1
-
Acknowledges source and
context
-
Describes central ideas and
themes
-
Includes signicant supporting
ideas and details
-
Organizes writing to clearly and
succinctly explain both explicit
and subtle relationships among
ideas and details
-
Succinctly and effectively
paraphrases and uses a
variety of precise and text-
specic words
-
Acknowledges source
-
Describes central ideas and
themes
-
Includes relevant supporting
ideas and details
-
Organizes writing to show
relationships among ideas and
details
-
Effectively paraphrases and
uses some text-specic
vocabulary
-
Identies some central ideas
and themes
-
Includes some supporting ideas
and details
-
Identies relationships among
ideas and details, but may be
unclear or may fail to address at
least one important
relationships

-
May demonstrate
misunderstanding of text
-
May identify ideas, themes, or
details, but does not
demonstrate awareness of the
relationships among these