Decision Making in Literature                                

Name: _________________	Teacher:
Date:	Class:
Description: Identify decisions made by the characters in the story, determine what/who influences their decisions, and indicate whether the influence is internal or external.

	Accomplished	Developing	Beginning
Identification of Decisions	Identified at least 10 decisions in the story	Identified 5-9 decisions in the story	Identified less than 5 decisions in the story
Source of Influence	Correctly identified one or more influence(s) for each decision	Correctly identified one or more influence(s) for most decisions	Could not identify one or more influence for most decisions
Category of Influence	For each influence, correctly determined whether it was internal or external	For most influences, correctly determined whether they were internal or external	Failed to correctly determine whether the influences were internal or external