Book Assessment: Literary Elements Book Report



Book Assessment: Literary Elements Book Report

Description of the task:

← The student is to read a novel on his/her appropriate reading level. The student is to demonstrate his/her knowledge of their knowledge through the written process. Each student is to thoroughly explain their novel by identifying the literary elements in their novel. The literary elements are as follows: plot, setting, characters, genre, and theme. Each literary element response needs to be supported with evidence from the text, explanations, interpretations, and/or examples. This paper may be typed or neatly hand-written. Use lined paper if hand-written.

Goals of the task:

← To demonstrate their understanding of the literary elements.

|Key Elements |40 |30 |20 |10 |

|Grammar/Mechanics |There are no grammatical/mechanics mistakes. |There are a couple grammatical/mechanics mistakes. |There are a few grammatical/mechanics mistakes. |There are several |

| | | | |grammatical/mechanics mistakes. |

|Literary Analysis |Identifies all literary elements correctly. Plot, Setting, |Identifies most literary elements correctly. Plot, |Identifies some literary elements correctly. Plot, |Little or no explanation is given for |

| |Protagonist/Antagonist, Narrator, Narrative method, Point of |Setting, Protagonist/ Antagonist, Narrator, |Setting, Protagonist/ Antagonist, Narrator, Narrative|the literary elements. It is not |

| |View, Characters (Static/Dynamic), Characterization |Narrative method, Point of View, Characters |method, Point of View, Characters (Static/ Dynamic), |complete and does not offer an |

| |(Indirect/Direct), Dialogue, Conflict (Internal/ External), |(Static/Dynamic), Characterization (Indirect/ |Characterization (Indirect/Direct), Dialogue, |understanding of the novel. Few |

| |Climax, Irony (Verbal/ Situational /Dramatic), Atmosphere |Direct), Dialogue, Conflict (Internal/External), |Conflict (Internal/External), Climax, Irony (Verbal/ |personal responses are relevant to the|

| |/Mood, Theme. |Climax, Irony (Verbal /Situational /Dramatic), |Situational/Dramatic), Atmosphere/Mood, Theme. |task. |

| |-Supports opinions with evidence from the story; organizes |Atmosphere/Mood, Theme. |-It is somewhat complete and accurate and indicates a| |

| |ideas well. |-It is complete and accurate and indicates a good |fair understanding of the novel. Explanation is | |

| |-It is complete and accurate and indicates a very good |understanding of the novel. Explanation is written |written with a response that is too general. Some or | |

| |understanding of the novel. Explanation is written with a |with an adequate response. Most personal responses |few personal responses are relevant to the task. | |

| |complete response. All personal responses are relevant to the |are relevant to the task. | | |

| |task. | | | |

|Organization/Layout|Well-planned; easily readable; ideas are properly organized |Generally thought out; mostly readable; ideas are |To some extent thought out; somewhat readable; fairly|Barely thought out; hardly readable; |

| | |typically organized |organized |unorganized |

Grading Rubric

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