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Sample Rubric for Selection Criteria ** Book Review Committee **

// New Book Approval Rubric //
||  4  ||   3  ||   2  ||   1  ||  Exhibits sophisticated style, themes, and characterization. Encourages the highest level of   thinking, reading, writing, and discussion. Strongly supports the ELA and SS   standards. ||  The style, themes, and characterization encourage a high level of thinking, reading, writing, and discussion. Supports the ELA and SS standards. ||  The style, themes, and characterization may elicit some fruitful discussion in a classroom setting. Supports the ELA and SS standards to a limited degree. ||  The style, themes, and characterization do not encourage higher level thinking, reading, writing, and discussion. Minimally supports the ELA and SS standards. || The author, characters, and themes greatly contribute to a   balance of culture and gender in the collection at this grade level. ||  The author, characters, and themes somewhat contribute to a   balance of culture and gender in the collection at this grade level. ||  The author, characters, and themes contribute little to a balance of culture and gender in the collection at this grade level. ||  The author, characters, and themes do not contribute to a   balance of culture and gender in the collection at this grade level. || This book's topic and themes will likely interest all students. ||  This book's topic and themes will likely interest most students. ||  This book's topic and themes will likely interest some students. ||  This book's topic and themes will likely interest few students. || This book complements the other literature taught at this grade level and will tie into other themes, humanities concepts, and multi-genre texts. ||  This book complements the other literature taught at this grade level and ties into some of the themes and humanities concepts. ||  This book complements some of the other literature taught at   this grade level and supports few humanities concepts. ||  This book does not fit with the other literature or themes and humanities concepts taught at this grade level. ||
 * Literary Merit, **
 * Rigor, Standards ** ||
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