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Identifies important information

Student lists all the main points of the story/article/media/movie.

The student lists most of the main points of the story/article/media/movie.

The student lists some of the main points of the story/article/media/movie. S/he does not highlight any unimportant points.

The student cannot identify important information with accuracy.

Indentifies opinions and main idea

Student accurately communicates opinions and expresses an understanding of main idea creatively. Uses information from the film to effectively support his/her ideas.

Student communicates opinions and expresses an understanding of main idea clearly. Uses information from the film to support his/her ideas.

Student sometimes communicates opinions and a simple understanding of the main idea. Sometimes uses information from the film to support his/her ideas. Explanation is weak.

Student has difficulty locating opinions and/or main idea. Student unable to communicate opinions and uses information from the film poorly to support his/her ideas.

Reading and Writing Communication

- thorough and well-organized writing - neat - high degree of attention to spelling, grammar and punctuation with almost no errors

- well-organized writing - neat - considerable attention to spelling, grammar and punctuation with few errors

- organized writing at times - neat, on occasion - some attention to spelling, grammar and punctuation with errors

- lacks organization - work messy or unreadable - minimal attention to spelling, grammar and punctuation with errors

Writing relate (What the movie reminds me of..)

- insightful connection of text/media/film to self/world/other ideas - shares numerous examples of film to communicate ideas in a complex way

- clearly connects text/media/film to self/world/other ideas - shares numerous examples of film to communicate ideas

- often connects text/media/film to self/world/other ideas - uses few examples of film to communicate ideas

- rarely connects text/media/film to self/world/other ideas - uses few examples of film to communicate ideas