John Long Middle School Reader’s Notebook 8th Grade Rubric

Name: ______Grade: ______Date: ______

4—Exceeds Expectations / 3-Meets Expectations / 2-Approaches Expectations / 1-Below Expectations
Class Notes
(X2) / I have included thorough notes and teaching points from each mini-lesson presented in class and included personal notes from class discussions. / I have included thorough notes and teaching points from each mini-lesson presented in class. / I have included notes and teaching points from the majority of mini-lessons presented in class. / I am missing many notes and teaching points from the mini-lessons presented in class.
Book Responses
(X3) / I have written about my reading at least SEVEN times/week. My writing goes beyond summarization and shows strong evidence of deeper reading skills including making inferences and personal connections, literary analysis, and extensions beyond my book. / I have written about my reading at least FIVE times/week. My writing goes beyond summarization and shows sufficient evidence of deeper reading skills including making inferences and personal connections, literary analysis, and extensions beyond my book. / I have not written about my reading at least FIVE times/week and/or my writing does not go beyond summarization or shows little evidence of deeper reading skills like making inferences and personal connections, literary analysis, and extensions beyond my book. / I have not written about my reading at least FIVE times/week and/or my writing does not go beyond summarization or show any evidence of deeper reading skills like making inferences and personal connections, literary analysis, and extensions beyond my book.
Evidence from text
(X2) / I include multiple pieces of evidence from my book to support my inferences and personal connections, literary analysis, and extensions beyond my book. / I include multiple pieces of evidence from my book to support some of my inferences and personal connections, literary analysis, and extensions beyond my book. / I include few pieces of evidence from my book that attempt to support my inferences and personal connections, literary analysis, and extensions beyond my book. / I do not include pieces of evidence from my book to support my inferences and personal connections, literary analysis, and extensions beyond my book
Organization / I have clearly and legibly organized my notebook with headings, titles, labels, dates and page numbers. / Yes / No
Next Steps / I have made improvements from my last notebook check based on goals set in conferences with my teacher. / Yes / No

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JLMS.ELA.10.2011