Outstanding

4

Developing

3

Accomplished

2

Beginning

1

Score

Bibliographical Information

The title, author, publisher, year of publication, pages, & ISBN number.

*Bibliographical information is accurate and complete.

*Bibliographical information is adequate.

*Bibliographical information is limited.

*Bibliographical information is inaccurate and incomplete

Summary

The degree to which the summary/response is focused, clearly and logically ordered & clarified.

*Topic sentence is effective and attention grabber.
*Includes information about characters, setting, & plot.
*Writing is concise and appropriate for audience.
*Information relates to overall purpose of a book review.
*Language is consistently organized/focused from beginning to end. 

*Adequate use of the topic sentence and grabs reader's attention.
*Adequate information  about characters, setting, & plot.
*Writing is adequate for audience.
*Information relates  adequately  to purpose of a  book review.
*Language is organization.

*Limited use of the topic sentence and  somewhat grabs reader's attention.  *Limited information about characters, setting, & plot.
*Writing is limited for audience. *Information is limited to purpose of a book review.
*Language needs more organization.

*Topic sentence offers little ability to grab reader's attention.
*Little information about characters, setting, & plot.
*Writing is inappropriate for audience.
*Lacks sense of purpose of a book review.
*Language has little organization.

Evaluation

The degree to which the book review includes a clearly supported evaluation.

*Valid and elaborate examples to support evaluation. *Effective comments on illustrations.

*Valid examples and adequate  support for   evaluation. *Adequate comments on illustrations.

*Limited examples to support evaluation.   *Limited comments on illustrations.

*No evidence of   support for  evaluation.
*Little comments on illustrations.

Recommendation

The degree in which the book review reflects a recommendation of the book.

*The review reflects a strong recommendation of who would enjoy reading the book.

*The review reflects an adequate recommendation of who would enjoy reading the book.

*The review is limited in reflecting a   recommendation of who would enjoy reading the book.

*No evidence of a recommendation 

Grammar

The degree to which the writing demonstrates correct usage of standard grammatical rules of English & word usage.

*Correct application of grammatical rules and word usage

*Few errors related to grammatical rules and word usage

*Too many errors related to grammatical rules and word usage

*Little demonstration of grammatical rules and word usage

Mechanics

The degree to which the writing demonstrates correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation.

*Correct application of mechanics

*Few errors related to mechanics

*Too many errors related to mechanics

*Little demonstration of mechanics