Summer Reading Project Rubric - Bishop Ireton High School

Name ________________________Section ___________ Date ___________
Summer Reading Project Rubric
Honors Sophomore English
Mrs. Henry
44 Points
Novel ________________________________ Author________________________
Project Option # _________
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Preparedness
Stays on Topic
of the Specific
Project
Content of the
Project
Assignment
Creativity/
Originality
The project was
thorough and
showed careful and
considerable
planning,
preparation, and
effort.
Stays on topic all
(100%) of the time.
Shows a full
understanding of the
topic.
Project showed
evidence of hard
work. It was
interactive,
interesting,
neatly done, and
original.
Quality of Work Provides work of the
highest quality.
The project was
solid, with evidence
of planning and effort
and a sufficient
amount of
information on the
novel.
Stays on topic most
(99-90%) of the time.
Shows a good
understanding of the
topic.
The project was
creative and
organized.
Provides high quality
work.
There was some
evidence of
planning,
preparation, and
effort.
Stays on topic some
(89%-75%) of the
time.
Shows a good
understanding of
parts of the topic.
The project
addressed the topic,
meeting the
minimum
requirements.
Provides work that
occasionally needs
to be redone to
ensure quality.
The student’s work
showed no originality
and was sloppy and
unorganized.
It was hard to tell what
the topic was.
Does not seem to
understand the topic
very well.
The student did not
meet all requirements.
The project was
incomplete and/or
uninteresting
Provides work that
usually needs to be
redone to ensure
quality.

Pride
Amount of
Information
Quality of
Information
Description
Analysis
Interpretation
Work reflects this
student's best
efforts.
All topics/ideas are
addressed.
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. It includes
several supporting
details and/or
examples.
Makes a complete
and detailed
description of the
subject matter and/or
elements seen in a
work.
Accurately describes
several dominant
elements or
principles used by
the author and
accurately relates
how they are used
by the author to
reinforce the theme,
meaning, mood, or
feeling of the novel.
Forms a somewhat
reasonable
hypothesis about the
symbolic or
metaphorical
meaning and is able
to support this with
evidence from the
work.
Work reflects a
strong effort from
this student.
Most topics/ ideas
are addressed.
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. It provides 1-2
supporting details
and/or examples.
Makes a detailed
description of most
of the subject matter
and/or elements
seen in a work.
Accurately describes
a few dominant
elements and
principles used by
the author and
accurately relates
how these are used
by the author to
reinforce the theme,
meaning, mood, or
feeling of the novel.
Student identifies the
literal meaning of the
work.
Work reflects some
effort from this
student.
Few topics/ ideas
are addressed.
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. No details
and/or examples are
given.
Makes a detailed
description of some
of the subject matter
and/or elements
seen in a work.
Describes one
dominant element
and principles used
by the author, but
has difficulty
describing how it
relates to the
meaning or feeling of
the novel.
Student can relate
how the work makes
him/her feel
personally.
Work reflects very little
effort on the part of this
student.
One or more
topics/ideas were not
addressed.
Information has little or
nothing to do with the
main topic.
Descriptions are not
detailed or complete.
Has trouble picking out
the dominant elements.
Student finds it difficult
to interpret the meaning
of the work.