Book Report Rubric

Name: ___________________________________ Flex Group: 1st 2nd

Book Title: ________________________________________________________________________

Category 1 2 3 4 Total
General information
General information is present and
is present, but lacks General information contains title, author,
No general much of the required is present but lacks student’s name, page
General Information information included information complete information numbers, and
appropriate graphics
Adequate descriptions
and character sketches
of main characters Complete description
No description of Incomplete or including a few of main characters
Main Characters main characters inadequate comparisons among and complete
description of main characters character sketches
characters
Complete description
Incomplete or Adequate description of setting. Includes
No description of inaccurate description of setting including a drawings, maps, and
Setting setting of setting few visual aids background
information
Adequate plot Complete plot
Inadequate plot Incomplete or summary that summary that
Brief Summary summary inaccurate plot highlights some of the highlights all of the
summary major events major events
Complete favorite
Incomplete or passage or moment
Favorite Passage or No favorite passage inaccurate passage or Adequate favorite that includes your
Moment or moment moment passage or moment reasons for choosing
that moment
No justification for Adequate justification Convincing,
Student No recommendation recommendation for recommendation reasonable
Recommendation justification for
recommendation
No choice option Incomplete or Adequate choice Complete choice
Choice Option included inaccurate choice option included option included
option
The product shows The product shows
some evidence of significant evidence
originality and of originality and
The work is a The work is merely a inventiveness. inventiveness. The
minimal plot basic summary of the Demonstrates a basic majority of the
Originality summary. There is no plot. There is no understanding of the content and many of
evidence of new evidence of new content and extends the ideas are fresh,
thought. thought, beyond that to offer original, inventive,
inventiveness, or new insights and and based upon
insight. understanding of the logical conclusions
novel. and accurate reading
comprehension.
Confusing, irrelevant, Graphics and text are Graphics, multimedia, Purposeful, logical
distracting use of somewhat purposeful, and text are flow of graphics,
Design graphics, multimedia, but many are purposeful and most multimedia, and text
and text unrelated to content are logically related to to convey relevant
content content

Total Points: ______________ / 36 points

Grading Scale: A = 33 – 36
B = 29 – 32
C = 27 – 28
D = 26
F = 9 – 25