Portfolio Scale Critical Reading Rubric: Papers 1, 3, and 4

Assignment

1 (Inadequate) 2 (Adequate) 3 (Good) 4 (Excellent)
Paper 1:

Reading Response

(1101)

Misinterprets the text.

Fails to identify main ideas and concepts or important details.

May include inaccurate or irrelevant information.

Fails to note problem/issue.

Fails to demonstrate an adequate understanding of the rhetorical situation and the issue’s relationship to other contexts.*

Summarizes main concepts but may not identify relevant or sufficient information.

Demonstrates adequate understanding of problem or issue and its contexts.*

Demonstrates an adequate understanding of the rhetorical situation and the purpose of the original reading.

Demonstrates accurate summary of the source, though in a rote, obvious way.

Interprets author’s argument in its rhetorical situation accurately and convincingly.

Accurately notes the rhetorical situation and relates the issue to another context.*

Summarizes text to identify both major and more nuanced meanings as well as relevant and sufficient examples.

Identifies the rhetorical situation, major and minor issues, their interrelationships, underlying assumptions, and relationship to other contexts.*

Paper 3: Reading Response

(1102)

Misinterprets the text.

Fails to identify main ideas and concepts or important details.

May include inaccurate or irrelevant information.

Fails to note problem/issue.

Fails to demonstrate an adequate understanding of the rhetorical situation and the issue’s relationship to other contexts.*

Summarizes main concepts but may not identify relevant or sufficient information.

Demonstrates adequate understanding of problem or issue and its contexts.*

Demonstrates an adequate understanding of the rhetorical situation and the purpose of the original reading.

Demonstrates accurate summary of the source, though in a rote, obvious way.

Interprets author’s argument in its rhetorical situation accurately and convincingly.

Accurately notes the rhetorical situation and relates the issue to another context.*

Summarizes text to identify both major and more nuanced meanings as well as relevant and sufficient examples.

Identifies the rhetorical situation, major and minor issues, their interrelationships, underlying assumptions, and relationship to other contexts.*

Paper 4:

Argumentative Essay with Sources

(1102)

Misinterprets or misuses the source’s argument or purpose.

Focuses on minor or irrelevant details or fails to understand source’s context.*

Misunderstands the rhetorical situation and the purpose of the text.

Demonstrates little or no discernable purpose for using arguments from the sources.

Fails to integrate arguments from the text in student’s own argumentation scheme.

Identifies the main concepts or arguments but may overlook relevant or sufficient information.

Demonstrates adequate understanding of the rhetorical situation but may miss nuances in the arguments.

Contextualizes arguments from the text within student’s own argumentation scheme but may show roughness in integration.

Interprets both major and more nuanced arguments accurately though in a rote way.

Demonstrates adequate understanding of the rhetorical situation and is able to discern the underlying assumptions for the arguments.

Integrates arguments from the text with student’s own arguments rather skillfully with occasional awkwardness.

Interprets both major and more nuanced arguments, their underlying assumptions, and their interrelationships accurately.

Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the sources’ rhetorical contexts and includes this in students’ own paper.

Incorporates arguments from the text into student’s own arguments skillfully and effectively.