7/28/2019 Book Review Rubric PDF

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Literature Circles: Group Book Trailer

Exceeds 4 Meets 3 Almost Meets 2 Does Not Meet 1 Comments

Title and Author

of Book

*Title and author are

both provided

*Title and author are

both correctlypunctuated

*Title and author are

both provided

*Title OR author is

not correctlypunctuated

*Missing title OR author

*Title and/or author is

not correctly

punctuated

*Lack mention of title or

author

Summary of the

Book

*Summary is clear,

concise, and correct

*Summary provides

strong details of the

story without giving the

end away

*Summary is mostly

clear, concise, and

correct

*Summary provides

details of the story

without giving the

end away

*Summary is not clear,

tends to ramble, and is

not entirely correct

*Summary provides very

few details of the story

without giving the end

away

*Summary is ineffective

or missing from the

review

Characters *Review clearly andcorrectly identies at

least two characters

*Review descriptively and

accurately describes at

least two characters

*Review clearly andcorrectly identies at

least two characters

*Review accurately

describes at least two

characters, but lacks

some details

*Review clearly andcorrectly identies at

least one characters

*Review lacks

description of at least

two characters

*Characters are notidentied

*Characters are not

described

Opinions of the

Book

*Clear and specic

opinion of the book is

shared

*Opinions are supported

with specic reasons

*A clear opinion of

the book is shared,

but lacks some

specics

*Opinions are

supported with some

specic reasons

*A basic and general

opinion is shared

*There are few to little

reasons given to

support opinions

*Opinions of the book

are hardly mentioned or

not shared at all

*There are no reasons

given to support

opinions

Recommendation *There is a clear, specicrecommendation for the

type of person who

would enjoy this book

*There is a basic

recommendation for

the type of person

who would enjoy this

book

*There is a

recommendation for this

book, but it is not

specic or useful

*Recommendation is

lacking from the review

7/28/2019 Book Review Rubric PDF

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Quotations and

Proper MLA

Citation Used

*At least 3 important

and meaningful quotes

that contribute to the

theme of the book are

shared

*All in-text citations are

correctly used

*Artful integration of cited

quotations

*Works cited page is

complete and correct

*At least 3 important

and meaningful

quotes that

contribute to the

theme of the book

are shared

*Most in-text citations

are correctly used

*Effective integration

of cited quotations

*Works cited page is

mostly complete and

correct

*At least 2 important

and meaningful quotes

that contribute to the

theme of the book are

shared

*Some in-text citations

are correctly used

*Attempts to integrate

cited quotations

*Works cited page is not

entirely complete and

correct

*Less than 2 important

and meaningful quotes

that contribute to the

theme of the book are

shared

*Few to no in-text

citations are correctly

used

*Lacks integration of

cited quotations

*Works cited page is

ineffective or missing