Name_____________________________________________

Text_____________________________________

Annotation Rubric

Category

IB Criteria

Exemplary

Satisfactory

Developing

Needs
Improvement

Overall Textual
Interactionhow
detailed and
ACCURATE are
the notes,
overall?

Knowledge
and
Understanding

Evidence of thorough interaction with text

including rereading:
asking and answering questions,

writing and revising summaries and

inferences as needed,
identifying, defining unknown, important
vocabulary,
Consistently writes margin note and/or
symbol almost every time text is marked

Evidence of strong interaction with

text:
occasionally rereads passages as
needed

asking and answering questions,

writing and revising summaries as

needed,
Generally writes margin note
and/or symbol when marking text

Evidence of some interaction

with text:
margin notes are often
rushed and obvious but
present
intentionally marking
text with accompanying
margins notes / symbols

Little evidence of true

interaction with text:

lots of marked
text with few
accompanying
margin notes

margin notes are

largely
purposeless

Understanding
and
Interpretation
how well do the
annotations
indicate that you
fully get the
passagetheme,
tone/mood,
purpose?

Understanding

Appropriately utilizes multiple comprehension

strategies that promote high level thinking:

breaks reading down into progressively

smaller units

-predictions anticipate key ideas and

content,

SOAPStone or DIDLS or other technique is

apparent and used well

important vocabulary is defined and

clarified, - questions and connections
reveal high level thinking,

-ideas are sorted into meaningful

categories
Demonstrates strong textual comprehension:

key passages accurately identified and

clearly connected to other ideas
throughout the text

section/page notes name and describe

major ideas and themes,

clear synthesis of ideas and themes

Utilizes multiple comprehension

strategies to varying degrees of
effectiveness:

breaks reading down into

progressively smaller units

predictions anticipate some key

ideas / content,

often uses SOAPStone or DIDLS

vocabulary is clarified; questions

and connections sometimes
promote high level thinking,

some ideas are sorted into

meaningful categories
Demonstrates textual comprehension:

most section/page notes name

and describe some major ideas /
themes,

synthesis between chapters/ideas

may lack clarity

Attempts to utilize some

comprehension strategies but
does so ineffectively:

sometimes utilizes
annotation techniques,

some vocabulary
clarified,

questions and
connections are obvious,
- some ideas are sorted
into obvious categories

Rarely utilizes
comprehension
strategies and does so
ineffectively

Demonstrates little
textual
comprehension
through paraphrasing,
summaries, and/or
synthesis

Accurately identifies use of language, literary

devices, and rhetorical devices used to achieve
intended effect: - word connotation and tone, literary devices and figurative language, authorial persona, audience appeals,
reasoning, and evidence
Demonstrates keen understanding of the
authors bias/craft to make insightful
inferences by: -drawing conclusions,
identifying underlying assumptions, anticipating implications, - analyzing author's
choices

Accurately identifies some use of

language, literary devices, and
rhetorical devices used to achieve
intended effect: -

Demonstrates basic textual

comprehension but limited
understanding:

limited insight, clarity,

concision, and
prioritization

unclear and/or focus on

less important
ideas/themes
Identifies some use of
language, literary devices,
and/or rhetorical devices but
misses most sophisticated
choices (identifying similes
are fairly rudimentary)
Demonstrates basic
understanding of author's
craft/bias to make some basic
inferences:

Interpretation

Appreciation of
Choices/Craft
are you able to
not just identify
literary
techniques but
also the effect of
those
techniques?

Identification
of choices

Explanation of
Effect of
Choices
Appreciation

Demonstrates understanding of the

authors bias/craft to make logical
inferences by: - drawing conclusions,
identifying underlying assumptions, anticipating implications, - analyzing
author's choices

Does not identify

author's choices /
craft / techniques /
purpose and/or does
so incorrectly
Does not make
inferences and/or
does so incorrectly