SUMMARY SCORING RUBRIC

Elements \ Marks 5 4 3 2 1

The summary is within The summary is a bit The summary is The summary is much The summary is as long as
Organization the stated length. It longer than the stated somewhat longer/shorter longer/shorter than the the original passage or too
captures the gist of the length. It captures the than the stated length. It stated length. It doesnt short. It doesnt capture the
article. gist of the article somewhat captures the capture the entire gist of gist of the article.
gist of the article. the article.
Main idea of the passage Main idea of the passage
is stated clearly in the The main idea of the
is stated in the summary. Main idea of the passage Main idea of the passage passage is not stated,
first sentence or
sentences. is stated in the summary. is not stated at all, it is suggested or implied in the
suggested or implied. summary.

There are little or no There are few mistakes There are several There are many mistakes There are many mistakes
Language mistakes in grammar, in grammar, spelling, mistakes in grammar, in grammar, spelling, in grammar, spelling, word
spelling, punctuation and punctuation and word spelling, punctuation and word choice and choice and punctuation or
word choice. choice. word choice. punctuation or barely any no error due to plagiarism.
error due to plagiarism.
Good cohesion and Show somewhat good Showed an attempt to Barely any cohesion and
coherence. cohesion and coherence. link ideas together. Errors Lack of cohesion and coherence.
Some small errors in in transition usage. coherence.
transition usage.

All main points are Most of the main points Some main points are Main points missing. Main points missing.
Content included. are captured. missing.
The writer uses personal The writer uses mainly
The writer uses only The writer uses mainly The writer uses minor knowledge and non- personal information to
essential information essential information and details and non-essential essential details from the support the main idea of
from the passage to some minor details from information from the passage to support the the summary.
support the main idea of the passage to support passage to support the main idea of the
the summary. the main idea of the main idea of the summary.
summary summary

Paraphrasing The writer uses his own The writer uses some The writer uses some The writer uses sections The writer uses all the
words to write the words from the passage sentences from the (chunks) from the words from the passage to
summary. to write the summary passage to passage to write the write the summary (does
(>5). write the summary (>10). summary. not paraphrase at all)