Rubric for Vocabulary Words
Name: ______________________________
Indicator
Words Identified
Synonyms
3
Identified more than
8 words.
Each word had a
correct synonym for
vocabulary word
Antonyms
Each word had a
correct antonym for
vocabulary word
Definitions
Definitions were
detailed and
accurately matched
the meaning.
Sentence
Sentence accurately
used the vocabulary
word in a
structurally sound
sentence.
2
Identified 4 or 5
words.
Has identified a
synonym that does
completely work for
word.
Has identified an
antonym that does
completely work for
word.
Definitions
accurately matched
the meaning and
context clues in
sentence.
Sentence accurately
used the vocabulary
word, but the
sentences had
structural errors.
1
Identified less than
4 words.
Synonym doesn’t
match the meaning
or the word.
Antonym doesn’t
match the meaning
or the word.
Most definitions
accurately matched
the meaning and
context clues in
sentence.
Sentence did not use
the word accurately,
but sentence was
structurally sound.