The sentence in the box below is the beginning of a summary of this story. Complete the summary of the story in your answer book.

Score for Sample Student Response #1: Rubric Score 3

Annotation, Using the Rubric: This response demonstrates an understanding of the complexities of the text. The student effectively integrates events from the text to present an appropriately developed summary: "Rabbit wanted to prove them wrong, so he decided to play a trick on them both. The trick . . . went as planed, so in the end the whale and the elephant thought that when it came to the rabbit, he was clever."

Score for Sample Student Response #2: Rubric Score 2

Annotation, Using the Rubric: This response demonstrates a general understanding of the text. The student includes text-relevant information from the beginning, middle, and end of the story in the summary: "Rabbit thought of a clever idea to trick them. Rabbit tied them both together. . . . they thought rabbit was clever."

Score for Sample Student Response #3: Rubric Score 1

Annotation, Using the Rubric: This response demonstrates a minimal understanding of the text. The student minimally addresses the question by providing a summary of the text that concentrates on the beginning of the story: "Elephant and Whale said they were the most largest, strongest, most beautiful animal of the sea and land."

Score for Sample Student Response #4: Rubric Score 0

Annotation, Using the Rubric: This response is completely incorrect. The student selects a sentence from the text that does not reflect a summary.

Score 3

The response demonstrates an understanding of the complexities of the text.

• Addresses the demands of the question
• Effectively uses text-relevant¹ information to clarify or extend understanding

Score 2

The response demonstrates a general understanding of the text.

• Partially addresses the demands of the question
• Uses text-relevant¹ information to show understanding

Score 1

The response demonstrates a minimal understanding of the text.

• Minimally addresses the demands of the question
• Uses minimal information to show some understanding of the text in relation to the question

Score 0

The response is completely incorrect, irrelevant to the question, or missing.²

Note 1:

Text-relevant: This information may or may not be an exact copy (quote) of the text but is clearly related to the text and often shows an analysis and/or interpretation of important ideas. Students may incorporate information to show connections to relevant prior experience as appropriate.

Note 2:

An exact copy (quote) or paraphrase of the question that provides no new relevant information will receive a score of "0".

Rubric Document Date: June 2003