rubricsforbookreports
Rubrics for Book Reports
NON FICTION BOOK REVIEW GRADING ______/50
/36 points Content
/2 What question is the author(s) trying to answer? (Why are they writing this book?)
/2 How do they tell/show you that they think this question is important? (Why is it worth researching and writing a book about?)
/2 What is the author’s thesis (that is, the answer to their question)?
/10 What kind of evidence do they provide in trying to answer the question? Summarize as much as possible, but do not omit important evidence.
/3 How convincing do you think they are in defending their thesis? Why do you think so?
/3 Did the author have a specific audience in mind when writing? If so, did this affect their presentation?
/3 What opinion(s) does the author hold towards this subject? Is it helpful or harmful to his or her purpose?
/6 Questions on the reading
/2 Are there other questions that you wish the author had answered? If so, what are they? If no questions are raised for you, say so.
/4 Are there questions that were raised by this reading that you would like answered in the course? If so, what are they? What in the book inspired these questions? You need to come up with at least two questions.
/5 How did you like the book overall?
/2 Would you recommend it for next year’s summer reading list?
/3 Why or why not? Be specific with evidence pertaining to usefulness for next year’s summer reading list.
/14 points Organization/Writing
/5 Coherence – logical development of paragraphs
/5 Organization – paper is well organized and focused
/4 Spelling/Grammar
-5 For not double-spacing
-5 For not using 12-point font (at least)
FICTION BOOK REVIEW GRADING ______/50
/36 points Content
/20 Specific interesting/significant historical/cultural items learned from book
/10 Subject matter – the historical matter that the book is focusing on
/10 Time period - historical information about the time period (subjects on which the book is
/10 Questions on the book
/5 What historical questions were raised for you by the book?
/5 What in the book inspired these questions?
/6 Overall opinion of the book
/2 Recommend for next year’s reading list?
/4 Reasoning as to why this book would be suitable for this assignment.
/14 points Organization/Writing
/5 Coherence – logical development of paragraphs
/5 Organization – paper is well organized and focused
/4 Spelling/Grammar
-5 For not double-spacing
-5 For not using 12-point font (at least)
