ANNOTATION RUBRIC**DO NOT MERELY SUMMARIZE**

20– 18 / 17 – 16 / 15 – 14 / 13 – 12 / 11 – 0
Completion & Thoroughness / ALL pages are complete and thorough. / Most pages complete and fairly thorough. / At least half the pages annotated, but lacking thoroughness in some areas. / Less than half the pages annotated; overall lacking in thoroughness. / Lack of annotations shows no effort.
Insightful & Analytic Thinking / Extremely MEANINGFUL annotations. / Some insightful annotations; some not as in-depth. Summarizes. / Mediocre analysis. Summarizes. / Shallow analysis. / No analytical thinking shown.
Inferences & Explanations / Makes inferences about the reading and EXPLAINS the significance of the highlighting. / Makes some inferences and mostly explains significance of highlighting. / Inferences are few; explains some significance of highlighting. / Rarely makes inferences; minimal explanation of highlighting. / No inferences made at all. Highlights, but does not explain significance.
Lit Elements & Active Reading Strategies (ARS) / Identifies and ANALYZES the significance of the lit elements. Practices ARS. / Recognizes lit elements, but does not always analyze. Practices some ARS. Summarizes. / Only recognizes lit elements, but mediocre analysis of their significance. Practices few ARS. Summarizes. / Does not identify lit elements; does not analyze significance. Practices few ARS. / No identification of lit elements or analysis of significance. Does not practice ARS.
Chapter Summaries and Analysis
DO NOT COPY FROM EXTERNAL SOURCE (PLAGIARISM) / EXCELLENT chapter summaries; excellent understanding of the reading is demonstrated; ties together predictions and outcomes. / GOOD chapter summaries; good understanding of the reading is demonstrated; ties together predictions and outcomes. / MEDIOCRE chapter summaries; mediocre understanding of the reading is demonstrated; ties together predictions and outcomes. / WEAK chapter summaries; weak understanding of the reading is demonstrated; ties together predictions and outcomes. / LITTLE TO NO chapter summaries; little to no understanding of the reading is demonstrated; ties together predictions and outcomes.

ANNOTATIONS COMMENT CODE

  1. Keep up the good work!
  2. Good start – add more detail to explanations.
  3. Better – showing improvement.
  4. When you ask questions in the reading, infer the answers and write them, as well.
  5. Chapter summaries are weak. Be more specific with what occurs throughout the chapter and with whether or not your predictions were correct or incorrect.
  6. Remember to write a summary after each chapter.
  7. Not enough to grade—work on time management.
  8. Not enough to give a higher score – work on time management.
  9. Good content, but not enough to grade or to give a higher score – work on time management.
  10. Summaries are from Sparknotes or similar site – PLAGIARISM! Summaries should be based on what you think, and not taken from an external source.
  11. Illegible – cannot grade or score higher because handwriting cannot be read.
  12. Add more focus to literary elements and EXPLAIN the literary elements with more detail.
  13. Add more focus to ARS (Active Reading Strategies).
  14. Look at “A” work example of annotations.
  15. Did not follow comments from previous annotation check.
  16. Summarizes. No analysis.