Revised: 12/10/2012
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Grade03 Unit 03 Informational Text
Rubric
Reading Standards: RL.3.3, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.6
(Spiraled: RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RI.3.1, RI.3.2)
Question #1 What do you think the word enticed means in this sentence? Which clue words helped you figure it out? (R.I. 3.4)
Score 2
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Score 1
Correctly explains what
the word enticed means
based on the text.
Provides the clue words
that helped figure it out.
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Score 0
Answers the question without
supporting the answer with text.
Answers one part of the question –
either explains what the word
enticed means or provides the clue
words
Overly general or vague
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Does not answer
either part of the
question.
Answers the
question
incorrectly.
Exemplar answer (Score 2): I think the word “enticed” means to bring in. I think this because of the words, “large crowds” and “popular”. If it is
popular than it would bring in large crowds.
Question #2 What kind of trouble was Branch Rickey warning Jackie Robinson about? Be sure to include details from the text to support your
answer.(R.I. 3.3)
Score 2
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Correctly answers the question.
Begins the answer using topic
sentence.
Uses 2 or more details from the
text to support answer.
Score 1
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Score 0
Attempts to answer
the question.
Uses limited details
from the text.
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Does not answer the
question.
Answers the
question
incorrectly.
Exemplar answer (Score 2): Branch Rickey was warning Jackie Robinson that it could lead to trouble and that it would not be easy. He had to be “brave
enough to be the first black in the all-white major leagues”, and he had to have “guts enough to fight back” if people caused trouble.
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Question # 3
What is the meaning of the phrase, “the Robinson experiment?” Be sure to include details from the text to support your answer.( (RI.3.4)
Score 2
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Score 1
Correctly answers the question.
Begins the response with a topic
sentence
Uses 2 or more details from the
text to support answer.
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Score 0
Attempts to answer
the question.
Uses limited details
from the text.
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Does not answer the
question.
Answers the question
incorrectly.
Exemplar answer (Score 2) The meaning of the “Robinson Experiment” is that blacks and whites can play on the same baseball team. This was the first
time that they tried having a black person playing on an all-white major league baseball team.
Question # 4
How did Jackie Robinson show people that “the Robinson experiment” worked? Be sure to include details from the text to support your
answer.(RI.3.3)
Score 2
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Score 1
Correctly answers the question.
Begins the response with a topic
sentence.
Uses 2 or more details from the
text to support answer.
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Score 0
Attempts to answer
the question.
Uses limited details
from the text.
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Does not answer the
question.
Answers the question
incorrectly.
Exemplar answer (Score 2) Jackie Robinson showed that “the Robinson experiment” worked because he played with white people on the Dodgers and
he was very good at it. He won six championships with them and was selected Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the National League.
Question #5 What kind of person was Jackie Robinson? How do you know? (RL.3.3)
Level 4
Answers all of level 3 plus:
● Uses 3 or more details from
the text to support answer.
● Provides insightful elaboration
Level 3
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Level 2
Introduces the response using a topic
sentence
Correctly answers the question by stating a
character trait describing Jackie Robinson.
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Level 1
Attempts to answer
the question.
Uses limited details
from the text.
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Does not answer
the question.
Answers the
question
of the ideas.
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Uses 2 or more details from the text to
support your answer.
incorrectly.
Exemplar answer (level 3): Jackie Robinson was a very brave and determined person. He was brave because he did something that no one had ever done
before when he was the first black baseball player in the Major League team. He was also brave and determined when he stuck with it and played for many
seasons with the Dodgers even though people threatened to strike, wrote threatening letters to his family and kicked him.
Question #6 What is the author of this biography trying to teach you about life? (RL.3.2, RI.3.6)
Level 4
Answers all of level 3 plus:
● Uses 3 or more details form the
text to support answer.
● Provide insightful elaboration of
the ideas.
Level 3
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Level 2
Correctly restates the question using
a complete sentence.
Correctly answers the question.
Uses 2 or more details from the text
to support answer.
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Level 1
Attempts to answer
the question.
Uses limited details
from the text.
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Does not answer the
question.
Answers the question
incorrectly.
Exemplar answer (level 3): The Author is trying to teach me about working hard to overcome obstacles in life. Jackie Robinson had to work very hard at
becoming a good baseball player. It was not easy for him and he had to overcome the obstacles that he faced in life. People did not believe in the “Robinson
Experiment” and they were mean to him. Jackie Robinson did not give up and quit, he worked harder and overcame the obstacles such as people kicking him
and writing threatening letters to his family. Because of his hard work, he became the Rookie of Year and won six National League Pennants. Jackie
Robinson’s hard work paid off because he was inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
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