8th LA Literature Author’s Craft and Structure Rubric AUTHOR’S CRAFT AND STRUCTURE: CC 7.LIT4­6 Interpret words and phrases in a text, analyze text structure, and assess point of view to understand how the author shapes the text’s content, uses style, and develops ideas. 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. 5. Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style. 6. Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor. Extends (4.0) Mastery (3.0) Partial Mastery (2.5) Developing Mastery (2.0) Not Yet Mastered(1.0) *Using text in the grade 8 proficiency band, student can independently.... Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings and provide a ​
full analysis of the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other text. AND /OR Accurately compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and provide a full analysis of how the differing *Using text in the grade 8 proficiency band, student can independently …. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings and provide an extensive, but incomplete, analysis of the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other text. AND/OR Accurately compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and provide an extensive but *Using text in the grade 8 proficiency band, student…. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings and provide a ​
basic analysis of the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other text. AND/OR Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts with some inaccuracies​
or provide a ​
basic or somewhat *Using text in the grade 8 proficiency band, student…. Is ​
unable​
able to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text and/or provides a ​
limited or ​
inaccurate​
analysis of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other text. AND/OR Provides an ​
inaccurate​
or limited​
comparison of the *Using text in the grade 8 ​
or above ​
proficiency band, student can independently.... Analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone) AND/OR Effectively​
compares and contrasts the structure of two or more texts, providing a full analysis ­­​
offering a un​
ique sophisticated perspective outside of the expected analysis while still being fully supported by text evidence​
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of​
how the structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style. differing structures of each text contribute to its meaning and style AND/OR AND/OR Provides a ​
full​
analysis of how differences in the points of view of the characters and the Provides a thorough audience or reader (e.g., evaluation of how the created through the use of development of the dramatic irony) create such point of view of various effects as suspense or humor characters and the effect as a means of understanding this development has on how the author shape’s the the mood/tone text’s content. contributes to the overall effectiveness of the text on the audience or reader. incomplete analysis of how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning. AND/OR Provides an ​
extensive​
analysis with ​
minimal inaccuracies ​
of how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor as a means of understanding how the author shape’s the text’s content. inaccurate ​
analysis of how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning. AND/OR Provides a ​
basic​
or ​
somewhat inaccurate ​
analysis of how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor as a means of understanding how the author shape’s the text’s content. structure of two or more texts or provides a ​
limited​
or inaccurate​
analysis of how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning. AND/OR Provides a ​
limited ​
or ​
mostly inaccurate ​
analysis of how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor as a means of understanding how the author shape’s the text’s content.