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Comparison and Contrast Essay - "Excavation"

Essay which will consist of 5 paragraphs comparing and contrasting excavating chocolate chips from a cookie and a real archaeological dig. Students 3rd point is to write about "what I liked about the chocolate chip dig or did not like or both."

Rubric Code: B22927

By sprigg

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Subject: Science

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Comparison and Contrast Essay - 5 paragraphs
	Excellent 5 pts	Very Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2 pts	Below poor 0 pts	Grade Enter the points earned for each area in this column. (N/A)
Title 3.33 pts Catchy, original title	5 ( x 3.33 pts) Catchy title: stirs up interest in the reader. Original: your own title. You created the title.	4 ( x 3.33 pts) Title is either catchy or original but not both.	3 ( x 3.33 pts) Do not use for title. Title will be either 5 points or 4 points.	2 ( x 3.33 pts) Do not use for title. Title will be either 5 points or 4 points.	0 ( x 3.33 pts) Do not use for title.	Grade Points for title=_______
Opening paragraph 3.33 pts	5 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Must consist of at least 5 sentences. 2. Must contain at least 60 words. 3. Must contain thesis or topic statement: 3 points that will be used in the 3 body paragraphs. (similarities at least 4, differences (12) and reasons liked or disliked the activity.	4 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Contains only 4 sentences. 2. Contains at least 60 words. 3. Contains thesis or topic statement: 3 points that will be used in the 3 body paragraphs.	3 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Contains only 4 sentences OR 2. Contains 45 to 59 words. 3.Contains thesis or topic statement: 3 points that will be used in the 3 body paragraphs.	2 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Contains only 3 sentences OR 2. Contains less than 45 words OR 3. Contains only 2 points in the thesis or topic statement.	0 ( x 3.33 pts) Has less than criteria listed in the poor column. Zero points.	Grade Points for Opening paragraph =_______
2nd Paragraph (body) 3.33 pts Comparison of excavations: How similar?	5 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Must contain at least 5 sentences. 2. Must have 4 ways in which similar. 3. Must contain at least 40 words.	4 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Contain 4 sentences 2. Contain 4 ways in which similar. 3. Contains at least 40 words.	3 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Contains 4 sentences and 3 ways in which similar and at least 40 words OR 2. Contains 3 sentences and 4 ways in which similar and contains at least 40 words. Equals 7 plus at least 40 words.	2 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Contains 3 sentences and 3 ways in which similar and at least 40 words.	0 ( x 3.33 pts) Has less than criteria listed in the poor column. Zero points.	Grade Points for 2nd paragraph =_______
3rd paragraph (body) 3.33 pts Contrasting the excavations: How different?	5 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Must contain at least 10 sentences 2. Must contain at least 12 differences.	4 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Must contain at least 10 sentences and 11 differences OR 2. Must contain at least 9 sentences and 12 differences. Add together and must equal 21 (10+11+21), (9+12=21).	3 ( x 3.33 pts) Must contain at least 10 sentences and 10 differences.	2 ( x 3.33 pts) Contains 9 sentences and 9 differences.	0 ( x 3.33 pts) Has less than criteria listed in the poor column. Zero points.	Grade Points for 3rd paragraph = _______
4th paragraph (body) 3.33 pts Reasons liked and/or disliked the activity.	5 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Need 4 sentences. 2. Need a total of 3 reasons: Ex: Could be 3 reasons liked or Could be 2 reasons liked and 1 reason did not like. Any combination as long as you have 3 reasons. Add numbers in each and equals 7 (4+3=7), (4+2+1=7).	4 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Has 4 sentences but only 2 reasons.___ 2. Has only 3 sentences but does have 3 reasons. ___ Add numbers in each and equals 6 (4+2=6), (3+3=6)	3 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Has 4 sentences but only 1 reason.____ 2. Has only 3 sentences and only has 2 reasons. 3. Has 2 sentences and 3 reasons. Add numbers in each and equals 5 (4+1=5), (3+2) =5), (2+3=5).	2 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Has 2 sentences and 2 reasons.____ 2. Has 3 sentences and 1 reason. Add numbers in each and equals 4 (2+2=4), (3+1) =4)	0 ( x 3.33 pts) Has less than criteria listed in the poor column. Zero points.	Grade Points for 4th paragraph = _______
5th paragraph 3.33 pts Concluding paragraph	5 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Must consist of at least 5 sentences. 2. Must contain at least 60 words. 3. Must restate thesis or topic statement: 3 points that will be used in the 3 body paragraphs and summarize the points. 4. Last sentence needs to be interesting (may be a question).	4 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Contains 4 sentences. 2. Must contain at least 60 words. 3. Must restate thesis or topic statement: 3 points that will be used in the 3 body paragraphs and summarize the points. 4. Last sentence needs to be interesting (may be a question).	3 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Contains 4 sentences and at least 45 to 59 words. 2. Contains thesis or topic statement: 3 points that will be used in the 3 body paragraphs. 3. Summarize the points. 4. Last sentence needs to be interesting (may be a questions).	2 ( x 3.33 pts) 1. Contains only 3 sentences and at least 40 to 50 words. 2. Contains thesis or topic statement: 3 points that will be used in the 3 body paragraphs. 3. Summarizes the points.	0 ( x 3.33 pts) Has less than criteria listed in the poor column. Zero points.	Grade Points for concluding paragraph = _______ _______________________ Total points = __________ (Add the scores for each area above - 6 areas and put on line by total points).

Keywords:

Excavation, chocolate chip, archaeological dig

Subjects:

Science

Types:

Writing

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