1 Overview and Rationale Elements are entirely missing from lesson plan 2 Interactive Read Aloud Grading Rubric 3 4 ANCHOR 5 Book summary is included but may not be succinct Rationale may be simplistic or reflect somewhat incomplete understanding of read aloud purposes and strategies Readings are not referenced Rationale includes a succinct well written summary of story plot and a coherent explanation of why your book qualifies as a sophisticated picture book Rationale describes the language and literacy skills your lesson will help develop in young children and a thoughtful summary of the teaching strategies you will use Rationale is grounded in course readings and is supported by at least 1 explicit and cited reference to the readings themselves Context Standards Objectives Materials Element is entirely missing from lesson plan Learning standards and objectives are only partially present or show some misunderstanding of the standards or purpose of an interactive read aloud lesson Stated lesson objectives are not supported by your lesson procedures Grade level context is made clear Plan includes at least 3 learning standards Preschool Kindergarten or 1st grade and 3 learning objectives that are wellsuited to the purposes of an interactive read aloud Standards and objectives are well supported by your lesson procedures Materials are listed Anticipatory activity book introduction and vocabulary supports Lesson Procedures 1 3 Elements are entirely missing from lesson plan Most elements present though several may be missing and or show major lapses of logic coherence or thorough development All elements are present following guidelines draw on practices described in readings and class discussions and are presented in a thorough coherent manner that is well suited to selected book Think aloud Elements are Most elements present though All elements are present comments discussion questions and extensions activity Elements 4 6 missing from lesson plan several may be missing and or show major lapses of logic coherence or thorough development Writing Lesson plan contains 17 20 errors of spelling grammar word usage or punctuation Lesson plan contains 8 12 errors of spelling grammar word usage or punctuation OR Writing may be excessively simplistic or lack coherence or organization Author Study Poster or Display Worth 10 points following assignment guidelines draw on research based practices described in readings and class discussions and are presented in a welldeveloped coherent manner well suited to selected book Lesson plan contains fewer than 3 spelling grammar word usage or punctuation errors Writing is consistently well organized and coherent Display includes picture of the author as well as pictures of several books written by the author autobiographic information awards or recognitions received and a few interesting ageappropriate facts about the author Information is presented in a neat and child friendly way See samples