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Compare/Contrast Essay: Book to movie Compare/Contrast Essay: Book to movie The purpose of this rubric is to allow the student to know what the expectations are for writing a comparing/contrasting essay. The student will compare and contrast the book Tuck Everlasting to the movie of the same name. In preparation for this assignment, the student will have had instruction in the writing process, sentence structure, capitalization, end marks, specific vocabulary words, read the book and viewed the movie. Rubric Code: PX8X8C2 By CamillePSU Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

C/C Essay
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 1 pts
Capitalization/Punctuation	Excellent All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with the correct punctuation mark.	Good Most sentences begin with a capital letter and end with the correct punctuation mark.	Fair Few, if any sentences start with a capital letter and end with correct punctuation.
Sentence Structure	Excellent Sentences are of an appropriate length, make sense, and are free of subject/verb disagreements.	Good Sentences are of an appropriate length, mostly make sense, but there are some subject/verb disagreements.	Fair Essay contains many errors which are distracting to the reader.
Comparison points	Excellent There are (2) two clear comparison examples between the movie and the book.	Good There is (1) two comparison example between the movie and the book	Fair There is no comparison example between the movie and the book .
Contrasting points	Excellent There are (2) two clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book.	Good There is (1) clear contrasting example between the movie and the book.	Fair There is no clear contrasting example between the movie and the book.
Introduction/conclusion	Excellent The introduction clearly states the topic of the essay. The conclusion clearly wraps the paper up in a clear way.	Good The introduction briefly describes the topic of the essay. The conclusion does not clearly tie the paper together.	Fair The introduction does not tell the topic of the essay. The conclusion does not sum up paper.