READING FAIR 2011 JUDGE’S RUBRIC (Non-Fiction)    Click here for downloadable form

PARTICIPANT’S # _____________ JUDGE’S # _____________

Instructions: Place "+" next to each non-fiction element that is present.

Place "-" next to each non-fiction element that is not present.

 

 

Non-fiction

 

 

+

or

-

1. Title

2. Author

 

3. Publisher and Publication Date

 

4. Student prediction based on events and facts presented (before and after reading).

 

5. Structure of text / Genre (Discussion, Report, Explanatory, Opinion, Instructional or Relate)

 

6. Use of graphic organizers (including, but not limited to: compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem solving) to capture the main idea and/or main points that are important to the text

7. Summary-brief summary (50 words or less, not word-for-word retelling) about the book

 

8. Student-made connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, and/or text-to-world)

 

9. Author’s Purpose - why the author wrote the story (entertain, inform, persuade, or a combination)

 

10. Follow-up questions to the author after reading the non-fiction text

 

Total Points Deducted

 

An automatic 10 points will be deducted if any of the above elements are not present on the project board.

 

CATEGORY

SCORING

POINT TOTAL

Clarity of Writing

Label and color descriptions -neatly and briefly done

Captures attention

Easily understood

Lowest to Highest

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 5

 

 

 

 

15 Points /_____

Creativity

Imagination in manner of production/presentation

 

Clever, inventive and effective use of materials to express ideas

Lowest to Highest

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 

 

 

 

20 Points / _______

Quality of Project

Followed directions

Durability/ skill and craftsmanship

Lowest to Highest

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 

 

 

20 Points / _______

Thoroughness of WrittenInformation

Proper emphasis to important items

Completely portrays the concept of the book

Use of appropriate graphic organizer to illustrate main idea of the author.

Lowest to Highest

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 

 

 

 

30 Points / _______

Interest Evoked

Represents real study and effort

Encourages viewer to read this book

Visually appealing

Lowest to Highest

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 5

 

 

 

15 Points / ________

 

 

Judge # ______________

Total Points _____

Points subtracted _____ (from page 1)

Grand Total _____

 

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10/19/2010

 

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