4	3	2	1
Preparation	Completed reading	Completed reading	Completed reading	Did not complete reading
	Prepared comments	Prepared comments	Did not prepare comments	Did not prepare comments
	Brought book and notes	Did not bring book and notes	Did not bring book and notes	Did not bring book and notes
	Gave the group more than 2 questions or issues to consider	Gave the group 2 questions or issues to consider	Gave the group 1 question or issue to consider	Gave the group no questions or issues to consider
Understanding	Clear, thoughtful comments			Vague, confusing comments
	Very logical structure	Somewhat logical structure	Somewhat disorganized structure	Very disorganized structure
	Showed substantial awareness of themes, characters' traits and motives, author's craft, and/or plot structure	Showed awareness of themes, characters' traits and motives, author's craft, and/or plot structure	Showed minimal awareness of themes, characters' traits and motives, author's craft, and/or plot structure	Showed only superficial awareness of book's structure
Evidence	Explicit and accurate			Implicit and/or inaccurate
	Judgements and opinions based on strong evidence	Judgements and opinions based on evidence	Judgements and opinions based on minimal evidence	Lacks evidence
	At least 3 specific, well-chosen text references and/or relevant personal experiences (including background knowledge)	At least 2 specific, well-chosen text references and/or relevant personal experiences (including background knowledge)	At least 1 specific, well-chosen text references and/or relevant personal experiences (including background knowledge)	No specific, well-chosen text references and/or relevant personal experiences (including background knowledge)
Focus/Respect	Always stayed focused on the book and the discussion topics	Always stayed focused on the book and the discussion topics	Usually stayed focused on the book and the discussion topics	Sometimes stayed focused on the book and the discussion topics
	Always respected the ideas and contributions of all group members (no put-downs)	Always respected the ideas and contributions of all group members (no put-downs)	Usually respected the ideas and contributions of all group members	Sometimes respected the ideas and contributions of all group members
Responses	Supported, encouraged, or responded to ideas, thoughts, or questions of others more than twice per part	Supported, encouraged, or responded to ideas, thoughts, or questions of others twice per part	Supported, encouraged, or responded to ideas, thoughts, or questions of others once per part	Did not support, encourage, or respond to the ideas, thoughts, or questions of others