HighLevel(6)

MidLevel(4)

LowLevel (2)

NoAttempt(0)

Overall

Writerdiscussedspecificconcepts/ideasthatwere
intheirchosenbooksandmadeitclearastowhy
theseideas/conceptsareimportant.Writerprovided
examplesofrelevantlifeconnectionswhileusing
textualevidencetosupporttheirclaimsand
analysis.Writerwroteanintro/conclusionstating
theirstepsofwriting&thoughtprocess,inorderto
setthereaderupforbetterunderstandingofthetext
athand.

Writerbroughttogetherideas/concepts
aboutthesubjectoftheirtext.Writermade
somesortofconnectiontotheelements
fromthetext.
Writerwroteanintro/conclusionstating
theirstepsofwriting&thoughtprocess,in
ordertosetthereaderupforbetter
understandingofthetextathand.

Writertriedtopulloutspecificideasor
conceptsbutdidntquitemakeconnections
oranalysistothetextualevidence.Writer
lackedinusingtextualevidencetoprovidea
frameworkfortheirwriting.
Writertriedtowriteanintro/conclusionto
helpthereaderunderstandwhattheir
companionbookisgoingtobeabout.

Lead

Writerusedacompellinghookorspecificsummary
ofupcomingideas/conceptsinordertoleadright
intoananalysisofitsimportance.Writercreateda
focusfortheirreaderinorderforthereadertoknow
whattoexpect.

Writerusedasummarytointroduceanew
idea/conceptfromtheirtextbutcontinued
onwithtoomuchsummarybeforegetting
intoananalysis.Writergaveimportant
reasonsfortheirchosenselectionofthe
text.

Writerdidntincludeanysortofhookorfocus
intheirlead,butratherproducedasummary
fromasectionoftheirtext.

Transitions

Writerusedtransitionstoleadthereaderacross
partsoftheirwritingandtonotehowpartsofthe
textrelatebacktootherparts.Writeruses
transitionstocreatecohesivesentencesand
coherentparagraphs.

Writersusedtransitionstohelpreaders
understandhowdifferentpointsof
informationfittogether.Writerused
transitionstohelpconnectideasand
informationorexamplesinordertocreate
relationships.

Writerusedtransitionssparinglyandleftthe
readerfeelingalittlelostinthecontextand
connectionsbetweensentences,
paragraphs,andrelationshipsbetween
ideas.

Organization

Writerusedchaptertitlestocreateanorganized
flowbetweeneachidea/conceptpulledoutoftheir
text.Writerusedsubtitleswithinthosechaptertitles
toshowmultiplemeanings/ideasunderonesingle
concept.Writerstayedfocusedoneachspecific
elementforeachchaptertitle.Thesectionsof
writingbuiltoffofoneanotherinordertohelpa
readerbetterunderstandthewritersideasand
analysis.

Writerusedsomechaptertitlesand
maintainedafocusineachchapter.Writer
createdaflowbetweenideasbetween
eachchapterofwriting.Thewriterused
differentelementsoftheirtextinorderto
createeachchaptertitle.

Writerlackedchaptertitlesandlackedin
creatingfocalpointsintheirwriting.Writer
createdseparatesectionsbyincludingsome
sortofheadings.

Elaboration

Writerusedthethreestepsinwriting:23sentences
ofsummary,textualevidence,andananalysis/life
connectiontosupporttheclaim/importanceof
pullingthisinformationfromtheirtext.Writerpulled
intextualevidencewitheaseandcreated
coherencebetweeneachstepofwriting.Writer
usedquotes,facts,outsideinformationtosupport
thefocuspointsintheirwriting.

Writerusedthethreestepsofwriting:23
sentencesofsummary,textualevidence,
andananalysis/lifeconnectiontosupport
theclaim/importanceofinformationpulled
fromthetext.Thereisalackofcoherence
betweenthestepsofwriting.Writerused
quotes,outsideinformation,andfactsto
supportthefocuspointsintheirwriting.

Writerismissingaportionofthethreesteps
ofwriting.Studentdidntuseoutside
research,facts,orquotestosupporttheir
claimstotheimportantelementstheyhave
chosenfromtheirtexts.

Craft

Writerusedspecificwordsandwroteaboutideasin
ordertogetareaderthinkinginaparticularway.
Writerusedanalogies,comparisons,vivid
examples,and/oranecdotestohelpreadersgrasp
themeaningofconceptsandthesignificanceofthe
informationthewriterhaspulledouttowriteabout.
Writerusedthetextslanguageanddefineditforthe
reader.

Writerusedlifeconnectionsand
comparisonstogetareadertothinkabout
specificmomentstheyhavebeenthrough
andwaysthatthespecificelementsofthe
textisrelatable.Writerusedsome
languagefromthetextandattimes
defineditforthereader.

Writerusedlifeconnectionsand
comparisonstotrytogetreaderstoseetheir
connectionstoimportantelementsintheir
chosentext.