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Book Blog Student Rubric

Your blog should give a short retell over what you have been reading and use what youve read to make connections either to something personal to yourself; or to something else youve read or seen; or to ask questions; or to make a prediction/draw conclusions over what you have read.

CATEGORY
Title

Level 4
Clever and creative title relating to your blog post.

Level 3

Level 2
Basic title showing no thought.

Level 1

Level 0
You typed nothing on your blog.

Retell

You are able to retell events in a story sequentially, using appropriate details. Tells who the most important characters are in the story. Can describe the setting, the problem, and the resolution if there is one. You go beyond the story to connect it to what you have learned and/or explain why you agree or disagree with the story.

You are able to You are able to You tried but You typed retell the story retell events, but could not retell nothing on your sequentially, retelling may or many events in blog. possibly mixing may not be the story. Student up two minor sequential. has a very events, but can Student may incomplete only remember give only a description of the either the partial characters, characters, description of the setting, or problem or the characters, problem. setting. setting, or problem. You tell more You use than just the story examples from and can match the story that it with something connect to what that is not in the you already story. know or have seen but are limited or incomplete. You tried your best but it is difficult to tell that you have made any connections to what you are reading. You typed nothing on your blog.

Connections

Comments

Comments to two classmates' blog entries. Reply shows careful thought given to other students' comments and they reply in a manner that promotes conversation.

Comments to Comments to Comments to two classmates' one of one of blog entries. classmates' blog classmates' blog Reply shows entries. Reply entries. Reply some thought shows careful shows some has been given thought given to thought has to other students' other students' been given to comments and comments and other students' new reply they reply in a comments and promotes some manner that new reply or little promotes promotes some conversation conversation. or little conversation Punctuation, grammar and spelling are mostly correct. Punctuation, grammar and spelling have a few mistakes.

Comments to classmates' blog entries are not submitted.

Conventions

Punctuations, grammar, and spelling are correct.

You tried your You typed best to include nothing on your correct blog. punctuation, grammar, and spelling correctly.

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