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3rd Grade Comparative Essay Rubric 
3rd Grade Comparative Essay Rubric
Five paragraph essay that compares two characters from stories we have read this year.
Rubric Code: GC8463
By k_bohn
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: K-5

Powered by iRubric 3rd Grade Descriptive Writing
  Poor

1 pts

Fair

2 pts

Good

3 pts

Excellent

4 pts

Grammar
Capitalization

Beginning of sentence and for proper nouns.
Poor

Significant errors in using upper and lower case letters.
Fair

Occassional errors in upper and lower case letters.
Good

Generally uses proper capitalization, with few errors.
Excellent

Consistent use of proper capitalization with no errors.
Punctuation

(. ! ?)
Poor

Significant amount of punctuation errors.
Fair

Occasional errors in punctuation.
Good

Generally uses proper punctuation, with few errors.
Excellent

Consisten use of proper punctuation with no errors.
Spelling

Poor

Significant amount of misspelled words.
Fair

Occasional errors in spelling.
Good

Most of words of spelling correctly, and few are misspelled.
Excellent

Consistently displays correct spellings in words.
Indentation/Format

Are all paragraphs indented? Does the essay contain 5 paragraphs?
Poor

Little or no indentation and/or paragraph breaks.
Fair

Some correct indentation and/or paragraph breaks.
Good

Most indentation and/or paragraph breaks are present
Excellent

All indentation and paragraph breaks are present.
Content
Introductory Paragraph

Is there an introductory paragraph that introduces the topic of the essay?
Poor

Absence of an introductory paragraph.
Fair

Introductory paragraph present, but does not effectively introduce the topic of the essay.
Good

Introductory paragraph present and it somewhat introduces the topic of the essay.
Excellent

Introductory paragraph present and serves as a proper introduction to the topic of the essay.
Closing Paragraph

Is there a closing paragraph that concludes what the writer has said?
Poor

Absence of a closing sentence.
Fair

Closing sentence present, but does not effectively conclude the topics that are discussed in the paper.
Good

Closing sentence present and it somewhat concludes the proper topics of the paper.
Excellent

Closing sentence present and serves as a proper conclusion of the topics that are discussed in the paper.
3 Common Traits

Does the writer list 3 separate traits/paragraphs with examples ?
Poor

No adjectives or descriptive words are used.
Fair

1-2 adjectives are used.
Good

3-4 adjectives are used.
Excellent

5 or more adjectives are used.
Sentence Variety

Do all of the sentences have a variety of structures?
Poor

Sentences show no variety. All sentences display the same structure.
Fair

Sentences show little variety. Most sentences display the same structure.
Good

Most sentences display a variety of structures.
Excellent

Sentences display a great variety of structures.




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