READING COMPREHENSION RUBRIC Periods 1-3

Category LOW BASIC HIGH SUPERIOR

Making Does not make Talks about what Relates Links background
Connections connections to text background knowledge and
(Prior the reminds them of, knowledge/experi examples from the text to
Knowledge) text but ence to text enhance
cannot explain comprehension and/or
how it interpretation
relates to the text

Questioning Unable to ask Beginning to ask Can ask and Asks and answers
or and answer questions different types of
answer answer and begin to questions; and finds
questions; questions; provide evidence evidence in the
gives unable to support from the text text to support questions
inappropriate or with and
off topic evidence from the answers
responses text

Visualizing Does not Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates multi-

(Sensory demonstrate use of use of sensory sensory images
Imagery) use of some sensory images; images that extend and enrich
sensory images images are somewhat the text;
elaborated from demonstration may be
literal text or through any
existing pictures modality or medium.

Determining Unable to Identifies some Identifies some Identifies at least one key
Key ideas identify important important idea, theme, or concept
important concepts in text concepts in text linking it to the overall
concepts in (i.e. characters, with some meaning of the text.
the text plot, supporting Uses supporting details
main idea, or explanation from the text to clearly
setting) (i.e. characters, explain why it is
plot, main idea, important
or setting)

Comprehensi Does not Identifies Identifies Identifies difficulties,

on identify difficulties, but difficulties and articulates
difficulties or does not articulates need need to solve the
problem articulate need to solve the problem and
areas to solve problem problem, but does identifies the appropriate
or not use strategy to
articulate the strategies solve the problem (i.e.
problem independently to using
area solve the meaning, visual, or
problem; may structural cues
need
 teacher guidance

Inferring Does not make Makes Makes Independently makes

predictions, predictions, predictions, predictions,
interpretations, interpretations, interpretations interpretations, and/or
or and/or and/or draws draws
draw draws conclusions and conclusions; and clearly
conclusions conclusions, but justifies explains
does not justify response with connections using
response information from evidence from
with information the text; some the text and personal
from the teacher knowledge,
text and teacher prompting may be ideas, or beliefs
prompting necessary

Synthesizing Unable to retell Randomly retells Retells all key Retells elements of the
elements of the some elements of the text in
text elements of the text in logical logical sequence with
text sequence some
extension to overall
theme,
message, or background
knowledge