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CATEGORY
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4
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3
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2
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1
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Understands story elements
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Student knows the title of the story as well as the names and
descriptions of the important characters. Can tell time period of when
the story took place.
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Student knows the names and descriptions of important characters and
when the story took place.
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Student knows the names and descriptions of the important characters.
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Student has trouble naming and describing the characters.
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Identifies important information
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Student lists all the main points of the story without having the
story in front of him/her.
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The student lists all the main points, but uses the story for
reference.
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The student lists all but one of the main points, using the story for reference. S/he does not highlight any unimportant points.
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The student cannot important information with accuracy.
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Identifies facts
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Student accurately locates at least 5 facts in the story and gives a
clear explanation of why these are facts, rather than opinions.
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Student accurately locates 4 facts in the story and gives a
reasonable explanation of why they are facts, rather than opinions.
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Student accurately locates 4 facts in the story. Explanation is
weak.
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Student has difficulty locating facts in an story..
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Summarization
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Student uses only 1-3 sentences to describe clearly what the story is about.
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Student uses several sentences to accurately describe what the story is about.
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Student summarizes most of the story accurately, but has some slight
misunderstanding.
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Student has great difficulty summarizing the story.
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