Assignment: Reading Response Student Choice

For this assignment, create a Reader Response about a text of your choice.

Directions

  1. Review the grading rubric as listed on this page.
  2. Choose any text to read.

    Feel free to find a text at one of these free reading sites:



  3. Review and utilize the strategies listed on the Making Connections and Writing a Reading Response pages.
  4. Create a Reading Response of the text of your choice in 400–600 words in a new Google Doc.
  5. Copy and paste your Reading Response Student Choice in a new post on your WordPress blog.
  6. Submit the URL of your WordPress blog post to your instructor.


Grading

Points: 100

Submitting: a website URL

Reading Response Student Choice KEEP
Criteria Ratings Points
First line includes title, author, main thesis Proficient

10 pts		 Developing

2 pts		 No reference to text

0 pts		 10 pts
Connect text to you and life Proficient

10 pts		 Developing

3 pts		 No connection

0 pts		 10 pts
Connect text to view of world/right and wrong Proficent

10 pts		 Developing

3 pts		 No connection

0 pts		 10 pts
Learned from text Proficient

10 pts		 Developing

3 pts		 No connection

0 pts		 10 pts
Connect text to what is important to the world Proficient

10 pts		 Developing

3 pts		 No connection

0 pts		 10 pts
Praise/Problems with text Proficient

10 pts		 Developing

3 pts		 No connection

0 pts		 10 pts
Enjoy/Not Enjoy Proficient

10 pts		 Developing

3 pts		 No connection

0 pts		 10 pts
Overall reaction Proficient

10 pts		 Developing

3 pts		 No connection

0 pts		 10 pts
Standard Edited English/Writing conventions Proficient

10 pts		 Developing

3 pts		 Errors detract from meaning/no post

0 pts		 10 pts
Finished piece easy to read, polished Proficient

10 pts		 Developing

5 pts		 No marks

0 pts		 10 pts
Analyze a text for purpose and intended meaning Exceeds expectations

0 pts		 Meets expectations

0 pts		 Does not meet expectations

0 pts		 0 pts
Analyze a text for text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections Exceeds expectations

0 pts		 Meets expectations

0 pts		 Does not meet expectations

0 pts		 0 pts
Create a Reader Response to text Exceeds expectations

0 pts		 Meets expectations

0 pts		 Does not meet expectations

0 pts		 0 pts
TOTAL POINTS    100 pts