Essential Skill or
Knowledge
Entry
Read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction texts
Developing
Student products do not or inaccurately represent the main ideas of a nonfiction or multiple nonfiction texts with limited, no, or inaccurate summarization of supporting details.
Student products represent general or isolated ideas of at least one nonfiction text provide with limited or no summarization of supporting details.
Approaching
Student products accurately represent the main ideas of at least one nonfiction text provided with limited summarization of supporting details.
Ideal
Student products accurately and thoroughly represent the main ideas and the summarization or synthesis of supporting details from multiple nonfiction texts provided.
Draw conclusions and make simple inferences using textual information as support
Grammar and mechanics of language
Students do not draw accurate conclusions or make simple inferences from nonfiction texts as evidenced by their product.
The product contains numerous
(7 or more) errors in grammar, punctuation, and/or capitalization of written text, or
3 or more errors in spoken language.
Students draw general conclusions but are not able to make simple inferences from nonfiction texts as evidenced by their product.
Students draws at least one accurate conclusion and makes simple inferences from nonfiction texts that they incorporate into their product.
Student draws accurate multiple conclusions and makes simple inferences from nonfiction texts that they incorporate into their product.
The product contains several
(4-6) errors in grammar, punctuation, and/or capitalization of written text, or
1 or 2 errors in spoken language.
The product contains a few (1-
3) errors in grammar, punctuation, and/or capitalization of written text, or no more than 1 error in spoken language.
The product contains no errors in grammar, punctuation, or capitalization of written text, or no errors in spoken language.
Investigate and understand how plants and animals in an ecosystem interact with one another and nonliving components
Student products represent no or an inaccurate understanding of the interaction between living and nonliving components of an ecosystem, especially the influences of human activity on ecosystems, as presented in the nonfiction texts.
Student products represent a limited understanding of the interaction between living and nonliving components of an ecosystem, especially the influences of human activity on ecosystems, as presented in the nonfiction texts.
Student products represent a general understanding of the interaction between living and nonliving components of an ecosystem, especially the influences of human activity on ecosystems, as presented in the nonfiction texts.
Student products represent a clear and accurate understanding of the interaction between living and nonliving components of an ecosystem, especially the influences of human activity on ecosystems, as presented in the nonfiction texts.
Interpret data from graphs
Students inaccurately interpret information from the graph or do not incorporate information from it into their product.
Students interpret general information from the graph provided and incorporate it in a limited or general way into their product that may not thoroughly support their position.
Students accurately interpret information from the graph provided and incorporate it into their product in general support of their position.
Students accurately interpret information from the graph provided and correctly incorporate that information into their product to explicitly support their position.
Comments Score
2013 by John D. Ross, Ph.D. TeachLearnTech.com.
You can use, remix, and build upon this work for non-commercial purposes as long as you give me credit and license your new creations under these same terms. The categories for this rubric were developed by Henrico County Public Schools, VA.

2013 by John D. Ross, Ph.D. TeachLearnTech.com.
You can use, remix, and build upon this work for non-commercial purposes as long as you give me credit and license your new creations under these same terms. The categories for this rubric were developed by Henrico County Public Schools, VA.